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death_n	see_v	sin_n	soul_n	9,644	5	5.1376	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13981	A Christian memorandum, or advertisement wherein is handled the doctrine of reproofe What it is, how we must reproue, how necessary it is: with exhortations and arguments moving vs to the right performance of that duty, and reproofe for neglecting reproofe. By Richard Truman Mr of Arts and minister of Gods word at Dallington neere Northampton.	Truman, Richard.	1629 (1629)	STC 24294; ESTC S102656	49,898	141

and that to the Act. 3. 6. greatest surely wee could not but bring forth some reformation from our good endeauours And for our better encouragement not to dissemble with any but to deale faithfully with all let vs consider the words of Solomon Hee that saith to the wicked thou art righteous him Prov. 24. 24. 25 shall the people curse nations shall abhorre him But to them that rebuke him shall be delight and a good blessing shall come vpon them CHAP. 5. Arguments to perswade vs to reproue the sinnes of others First Argument the guilt of Sinne. IF we reproue not sin in others 1 Argument to moue vs to reproue sinne in others we make our selues guilty of the same sinne for the neglecting any duty which is commanded displeaseth God as well as the committing of sinnes prohibited Curse yee Meroz saith the Angell of the Indg. 5. 23. Lord curse yee bitterly the inhabitants thereof not because they fought against the children of the Lord but because they did not assist the Lord against the mighty and we are as well liable to the curse of God for not helping the lord against sin as they that really transgresse the law vice vertue are contraries which haue no medium therefore in subiecto capaci the absence of the one must of necessity argue the presence of the other so thē he that hath authority to reproue sin is guilty of it if he strike it not vpō the face with a seasonable rebuke and if a man neither lye nor sweare himselfe yet if he suffer it in others ●●e sinne is Qui ferendi potestatem ●abet solus in culpa est si culpa non feritur B●r. Amici vitia q●i ser● facit sua his owne as in the Common wealth and our lawes the accessary is as well guiltie and lyable to punishment as the principall So in Gods Consistory the not corrector as well as the law-breaker is both guilty of the sinne and subiect to the same reward For if a soule sinne and heare Leuit. 5. 1. the voice of swearing and is a witnesse whether hee hath seene or knowne of it if he did not vtter it then he shall beare his iniquity and therefore the Lord admonisheth the watchman to blow the trumpet and Ezeck 33. 7. 8. warne the people from the Lord otherwise if hee warned not the wicked man from his way the wicked man should dye in his iniquitie but God would require his bloud at his handes Now euery one in this case must be a watchman ouer his brother to prohibit and rebuke sinne in him otherwise his brothers bloud shall be required at his handes And thus it was in ancient times amongst the Heathens themselues for the Lacedemonians vsed to punish him that did not reproue the fault of another with the same punishment that was due to the offender himselfe and thus wee see the sinne of another man by our silence may become our owne and therefore the word mum in English I take to be deriued from the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 macula a fault or blemish so that in this kind to be mute or mum as wee say or to hold a mans tongue is a sinne and transgression in the sight of God and certainely shall not goe vnpunished Therefore if any man haue an eye to see sinne let him discouer it if he haue an hand let him plucke it vp otherwise other mens sinnes shall bee enrolled amongst ours and so with Ely wee shall not only breake the necke of the body but that of the 1. Sam. 4. 18. soule also and make the curse of another mans sinnes light heauy vpon our selues Second argument is charity towards the sinner Secondly the duty of loue and 2 Argument to moue vsto reproue sin charity wee owe one to another bindes vs to this good office In the old law we are commanded not to see Deut. 22. 1. our neighbours oxe nor his sheepe to goe astray and to hide our selues but in any case to bring them againe vnto our brother much more then are wee to reduce a straying soule into the waies of God and good reason for wee are all of vs fellow members of that body whereof Iesus Christ is the head now we know members of a body are helpefull to one another if the foot haue a thorne in it the head stoopes the handes helpe to pluck it out againe We are brethren as St Paule saith Brethren if any one bee ouertaken in Gal. 6. 1. a fault c. fraternall and brotherly affection must be a spurre to pricke vs on to shew our loue in this action which indeed is a sure tryall manifestation of the best loue and on Probatio dilectionis est exhibitio operis Greg. Ins●li●●●ici●ia q●● illum quam 〈◊〉 ●●●endo ●radit Diabolo the contrary it 's a cursed friendship and association which by a wicked taciturnitie and conniuence at finne giues vp the soule of the sinner into the handes of the Diuell Therefore in this kinde it is good wee should deale as one louing friend to another who beholding him dangerously and deepely affected with some disease or sicknesse hee will carefully prouide the Chirurgion or Physition for his cure and restauration to his former health thus let vs striue to haue as much spirituall loue as most men haue naturall affection that when wee see our brother euill affected with sinne which is the sicknesse of the soule wee may by wise and seasonable rebukes make vp and heale the sores and spirituall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 batteries of sinne and Satan in the hearts of our brethren The good Samaritan that found the maimed man in miserie that was fallen amongst theeues had compassion Luk. 10. 33. 34. on him and bound vp his wounds shall not wee then much more haue compassion vpon a Brother when wee see him lye vnder the hands of his spirituall enimies and bind vp the wounds of his soule by holy Godly rebukes Hauing reason from the law of equitie and cons●ience more to commiserate the diseases of the soule then of the body Therefore as Solomon saith withhold not Prov. 23. 13. 14 correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not dye thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliuer his soule from hell Thus if wee withhold not a seasonable rebuke when wee see our brother sinne we may happily deliuer his soule from death Satan therefore reproofe is called the correctiō of life because it tendeth and leadeth to life The eare that heareth the Prov. 15. 31. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reproofe of life abideth among the wise let vs try therefore if by this meanes wee can conuert a man that is erring from the truth and we shall saue a soule from death and shall Au●is audie●● increpationem vitarum I●m 5. 19. 20. Mat. 18. 15. hide a multitude of sinnes I might fairely launch forth and with a prosperous gale set vp saile and away into an Ocean of reasons or arguments to moue vs to this duty as the honour of God or the ensnaring the sinner and the standers by who by our silence may halfe perswade themselues a sinne to be no sinne or else so small as not worthy a reprehension or that wee are such as they are and loue the sinne if wee reproue it not also by our reproofe See M. Bolton● direction● for walking with God pag. 122. sine wee may keepe out the infection contagion of sinne whereby our soules may bee poysoned but for breuities sake I will leaue them to the iudgement and amplification of the reader and him and them to the blessing of that holy spirit who giueth grace to the reprouer and reproued both how to speake and how to take a word of reproofe in due season FINIS