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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
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1688
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behave As to convince the faulty she would save His soul and that 't is for this very thing â—he doth him unto open Judgment bring Then would I shew the Person they reject What will without repentance be th' effect Of this tremendous Censure so conclude Leaving my Judgment to the multitude Of those who sober and judicious be Begging of each of them a Prayer for me 1. This House in order to this work must be Affected with the sin and misery Of this poor Creature yea must mourn and weep To think such Tares in your neglect or sleep Should spring up here nor must they once invent To think till he 's cast out you 'r innocent 2. Thus Leven the whole lump has levene Israel was guilty of what Achan did And so must stand until they purged are Till Achan doth for sin his burden bear The reason is Achan a Member was Of that great Body and by Natures Laws The Hand Foot Eye Tongue Ear or oneâ— theâ—â— May taint the whole with Achans foul Diseaâ—â— The Church must too be sensible of this Some leprous stones make all the House amiâ—â— And as the Stones must thence removed be In order to the Houses Sanctity So it must purged be in any wise Before 't is counted clean by Sacrifice 3. Next have a care lest sin which yâ—â— should purgâ—â— Becomes not unto you a further scourge The which it will if such shall Judges be Which from its Spots and Freckles are nâ—â— freâ—â— Pluck thou the beam first out of thine own eyâ—â— Else the Condemned will thee vilifie â—â—d say Let not the Pot the Kettle judge â— otherwise it will beget a grudge â— great one 'twixt the Church and him that sinned â—or by such means can ever such be winned 〈◊〉 a renew'd imbrace of holiness â—â—re like be tempted further to transgress 4. Again let those that loud against it cry â—â—e they don't entertain it inwardly â—â—n like to Pitch will to the fingers cleave â—â—ok to it then let none himself deceive â—â—is catching make resistances afresh â—â—hor the Garment spotted by the Flesh. â—â— Some at the dimness of the Candle puff â—ho yet can daub theer Fingers with the snuff 5. Beware likewise lest rancor should appear â—gainst the person do all in things fear â—wail the man while you abhor his sin â—â—ty his Soul the flesh you still are in â—hy self consider thou maist tempted be â—ast thou no pity who will pity thee 6. See that the ground be good on whiâ—â— you gâ—â— Sin but not Vertue shew dislike unto Take heed of hypocritical intentions And quarrel not at various Apprehensions About some smaller matter lest it breed Needless debates and lest that filthy seed Contention should o're run your holy ground And lest not Love but Nettles there are found 7. You must likewise allow each man hâ—â— grainâ—â— For that none perfect is sin yet remains And humane frailties do attend the best To bear and forbear here will tend to rest Vain janglings jarrs and strifes will there abound Where Moles are Mountains made or fault iâ— found With every little trivial petty thing This Spirit snibb or 't will much mischief brinâ—â— Into this House and 't is for want of love 'T is entertain'd it is not of the Dove ☞ 8. For those that have private opinions too â—â—e must make room or shall the Church undo â—â—ovided they be such as do'nt impair â—â—ith Holiness nor with good Conscience jarr â—â—ovided also those that hold them shall â—â—ch Faith hold to themselves and not let fall â—heir fruitless Notions in their Brothers way 〈◊〉 thus and Faith and Love will not decay 9. We must also in these our dealings shew â—e put a difference 'twixt those sins that do â—ash with the Light of Nature and what we â—erceive against the Faith of Christ to be â—hose against Nature Nature will detect â—hose against Faith Faith from them must direct â—he Judgment Conscience Vnderstanding too â—r there will be no cure what ere you do â—hen men are catcht in immoralities â—ature will start the Conscience will arise â—o Judgment and if impudence doth recoil â—et guilt and self-condemnings will imbroyl â—he wretch concern'd in such unquietness â—r shame as will induce him to confess â—is fault and pardon crave of God and Man â—uch men with ease therefore we Conquer can But 't is not thus with such as swerve in Faith With them who as our wise Apostle saith Entangled are at un-a-wares with those Cunning to trap to snare and to impose By falcifyings their prevarications No these are slyly taken from their stations Unknown to Nature yea in judgment they Think they have well done to forsake the waâ—â— Their Understanding and their Judgment too Doth like or well approve of what they do These are poor souls beyond their Art anâ— Skilâ—â— Ta'en Captive by the Devil at his will. Here therefore you must patience exercise And suffer long ye must not tyranize It over such but must all meekness shew Still droping of good Doctrine as the Dew Against their Error so its churlishness You Conquer will and may their fault redress The reason why we must not exercise That roughness here as where Conviction lieâ— In Nature is because those thus ensnar'd Want Natures light and help to be repair'd A Spirit hath them taken they are gone Delusions supernat'ral they are on The Wing of They are out o' th reach of Man Nothing but God and Gospel reach them can Now since we cannot give these people eyes Nor regulate their Judgment wherein lies Our work with them if not as has been said In exercising patience While displaid The holy word before their faces is By which alone they must see what 's amiss With their poor souls and so convert again To him with whom Salvation doth remain Obj. But they are turbulent they would confound The truth and all in their perdition dround Ans. If turbulent and mischievous they are Imposing their Opinions without care Who they offend or do destroy thereby Then must the Church deal with them presently Lest tainted be the whole with their delusion And brought into disorder and confusion XI The present Condition of those thus dealt with THE man that worthily rejected is And cast out of this House his part in Bliss Is lost for ever turns he not again True Faith and Holiness to entertain Nor is it boot for who are thus cast out Themselves to flatter or to go about To shift the Censure nothing here will do Except a new Conversion thou come to He that is bound on Earth is bound in Heaven Nor is his loosing but the sin forgiven Repentance too forgiveness must precede Or thou must still abide among the dead XII An Expostulation with such to return ☞ O Shame Is 't not a shame for men to be For sin spu'd out from good Society For man Enlightened to be so base To