7 y f : ay. obo. $1) - —_ | L Pi Pe fot « # n0ht thy brothor - for we thall all { {tand cherefore they miglic ants word uſe tueir Liberty, :51 Car i Ys TY, that pres WF" © Chriit ; thing that was before them. To this rhe Apollle aniwers, bt: fothy * ;\>fOTe UNC jadgmNnt-cat Ol TK #, by way of Conc«ſlion, he grancs whar they tay is tzve, and tel former: - [{e go02sS ON tO perſwade them ro a Mutual Forbearance, to them, That for bis own part he knew it full well. and was him- dt; for ERIE tm trom Condemning or Contemning one another, about |{c:]f aſſured of it; and thar he had this Affurance from the Zo 4 the like | eng" Ha ie ſuggeſts Two Arguments againſt it 10 this Teſus ; i. e. Thar he was infiucted rheein by {tis Word and the Cal. PR One ( winch 1s more 1m ved) is taken from the relation |Spirir. c. 7. e. Thatno Mear was wicleas: ii if is; t; ir was nor 7 ot God, oy bore ne to anoher 1 they wire Brezriren, not by Natural Ge-[jn its own Nature, vid. Ger. 1. 31. and 9: 3, Soins Creatures *1. He, TIRE bur by Regeneration anu Adoption : They had the ſame might be unwholtome, but none were in themicives - wil as, _ on God, Fhe S:cond Argument 1s more plainly expreſicd ; To the Fews they were not wickean by Nature, bur by -a poiitve "thier 1+10, and is raken {rom the conſideration of the Day of Jadgment, when all Law , which Law WasS now antiquated 2nd our of do9:'s, o : : ry Man tf bail fland Lefore Corifts indement ſ. at, vid. 2 Cor. 5. 10, All, toth the Col. 2.16;17. 17:m.4. 3, 4. d This he addy by way ot Reſtri. a * 4: 20d the Weak : And then he will determine who hath done |&tion, That though no Mear was wiclcon in its Jelf, yer it was ſo For Well or Hil. In the mean while, Who art thou thar dareſt to ulurp |ro him that thought ir to be wnclean. If a Man fhill believe about the, ; kis Placz or Oihce ? The I[zterrogation hath the force of a ſtrong [that there is yer a difference 1n Meats, thzt tome are (HI wiclenr ;; nd ta this; Jenyal:; a d, Ilave youno more Grace, Charity or Ili/aom , than jand thar by Verrtue of Gods Prohibition, ir would be Evil in her, The! 4 - him to ear ſuch Meats, becauſe he therein As againſt his Con- appointed * ſcience, and doth that which he himſclf thinks to be a in , wid. hey ſhould 11 For it is written, As I hve, faith the Lord, every |ver. 23. Sen knee ſhall bow to me, and every tongue {hall conteſs to EIT —© OT HE : (e7u WY God >: $ y brother be grieved wich 17 meat, now} Oc, 4 Rye his Verſe proves what was before aſſerted, That a!! muſs a" hve none Cy s. Deltrop noe him WE op 2 _—_— o This Verſe p 1-52. The Proof is from 1/2. 45. "By meat, tor whom Chriſt died f. A tOUrs, ſtand before the Judgment of Chriſt, 1 Proo ſa. 4 + Gr. ac- Of his pre. 23. The Propher ſpeaks only of Gods ſwearing ; the Apoſtle ſets] es To this Verſe you have two Reaſons to induce the Strong crilzs 75 5 Judgmca down the Form of his Oath ; which Form is frequently ment10n* [nor to offend the Weak : Firſt it is contrary to Charity ; to ch aric: " wn, & el in Scripture, via. Numb. 14.21, 28. Jer. 22. 24. EzeR. 5. TH. oricue & Brother upon the ſcore of meats , is to waik uncharitably ; : Ing Oriccts and 14. 16, 18. and 20. 3. And inſtead of, every Tougue ſhall Swear ; |*tis a violation of the Royal Law of Love, which 1s againſt the leroſiy a5 the Apoſtle , following the Seventy , faith , Every Tongue ſhall con- | grieving or offnding others, 1 Cor. 13. 4. Two wayes me weak Counſel yoy 6; and we are told , Philip. 2. 11. what 1t thall confeſs , viz. | Chriſtians #rieved , whit ccins do unſcaſonably uſe their Liber- 5 An Ofenier That Feſivs Chriſt is Lord, That which is generally ſpoken of Jeho- ty. 1. They think ſuch do off:nd God in eariz7 that which he Te MAy lin 1g cab, being here in a peculiar manner applyed to Chriſt , 1t evi- [hath forbidden ; and rhis is matter of gri-f to thoie tha fear A fullpe teatly ſheweth , Thar he 1s ſupream Judge , and ſovereign Lord , God, to ſee others tranigrefs his Laws. 2. They may be draw
Fean Ati unco whom all Knees muſt bow in token of SubjeCtion 3 and be- fore whoſe Tribunal, all Perſons, will they, or will they nor ,
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© the Lord! ; | areth tothe 12 So then * every ons of us ſhall give account of him- he that ext. * kifto God: x.
giveth God x Here you have the end of onr ſtanding before the Judgment. ſeat fCirift, which is to give an account, wid. Mat. 12. 36. 1 Pet. 4. 5, He faich. Every one of wu ſhall give an account: , whether he
ans ſhould not be great or ſmall, ſtrong or weak ; and that he ſha! give an an-
Opinionsad cart of himſelf; 3.e., Of his own Attions, and not anothers. He Scope, which ball give an account of himſelf, in his Natural Capacity, as a regard to him, Man ; and in his Capaciry, as a rich or great Man; and in his Feſtival Days, Religious Capacity, as one that hath enjoyed ſuch Education ; des tobe come ſuch means of Grace, &c. 0Obj. Paſtors muſt give an account for ur Adzins, to heir Flock, Heb. 13. 17. Avſ. Paſtors ſhall giv? an account of their J- I]. &6 Neplo:nce, and want of Care, whereby they ſuffered their Sheep or free Uſe of tis lock to miſcarry ; but every particular Sheep allo ſhall give an account Rice of giving if 1150wn perſonal Wandrings. learer Warranc Gd 1; Let us not therefore judge one another any more y : not i" WE: judge this rather &, thac * no man put a ſtumbling, ” c L —— lan occaſion to fall in his brothers way a, ) 9.d. Seeing all muſt be judged by Chriſt , I:t us no more judge One R tt, but mend this Fault for time ro come. z Hitherto his e Lord ; and
maſe] was more general, reſpeCting both the Strong and the Weak.
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