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A52727	The right way to promote reformation in a sermon preached at Warrington upon the 18th of Octob. 1698, at the appointment of the ministers there met, and at the request of some, published for the use of others / by James Naylor.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1699 (1699)	Wing N333; ESTC R31711	24,280	60

seek the Reformation both of our selves and others And to bless God there are any amongst us who are free and forward to draw forth the Sword of Justice and smite therewith all Impudent and Impenitent Sinners who have hitherto made a mock at Sin and have put on a whores forehead in committing of it I say there are not a few Justices of the Peace amongst us who to their Honour be it spoken have openly declar'd their willingness to Execute the Laws made against Prophaneness and Debauchery as was lately heard in their charge at the Privy and Quarter Sessions of the Peace where they publickly Professed they would upon due Information proceed to punish all Offenders according to the nature of the Offence committed by them whether it be Drunkenness Whoredom Prophane Swearing and Cursing or the Prophanation of the holy Sabbath And are there any here that have the face to say Ministers are obliged to Preach against Sin and Vice and Magistrates obliged to punish it and yet they themselves may sit still and do nothing in it but be idle spectators in this hard and difficult undertaking I will but ask such Persons this single question Are you under the Sacred Vows of the Christian Religion and have you Sworn to be faithful to the Kingdom and Interest of Jesus Christ Manfully to fight under his Banner who is the Captain and Leader of our Salvation and ●et think your selves not concern'd in a Work of Reformation O Egregious folly and madness Tho' this Introduction be already too ●●ng yet I must solicite your Patience a ●ttle longer before I come to consider the ●ext For I cannot omit Informing some ●●d Reminding others that at the opening 〈◊〉 these Itinerant Lectures or Monthly Exereises it was by a Reverend Brother very well and warmly proved a Duty upon all Persons not only Magistrates and Ministers but also others in their places to help forward this glorious enterprise of a Blessed Reformation I must make so far bold with that Sermon as from it to tell you that the Execution of Justice stands upon these two Bottoms First It depends upon proving the matter of Fact or the giving due Information before a Lawful Magistrate Secondly In Executing the Penalty of the Law upon the Offender so informed against So that in order to the suppressing of Sin and Wickedness it is primarily necessary the Person before whom the Sin be committed take care to inform the Magistrate of it and then secondarily the Magistrate proceed to punish it And if either the Informer or the Magistrate be remiss in their Respective Capacities Justice is obstructed the Efficacy of the Law is Null'd Sin goes unpunished and the holy God more and more Provoked Men cry out against the Non-Execution of Justice and complain of the illness of their Magistrates whereas indeed and in truth the great fault is amongst private persons Justice lies obstructed here when they connive at Sinners and neglect to give Information of the Sins committed before them and in their presence Now after this long Preface wherein I have spent but too much time I shall bring in the Text under this Conclusion which was the Subject chiefly insisted upon the first of these Lectures viz. That it is the duty of all Persons in their Respective Places and Capacities to help forward a Work of Reformation This being a duty then so fully proved upon all Persons I have since thought with my self what is first to be done in this needful Work and which is the best way to forward this so Necessary and Important a Duty or what course we should take to promote the Work of Reformation And thereupon made choice of this Text. Thou Hypocrite first cast the Beam out of ●hine own Eye and then shalt thou see clear●y to cast out the Mote out of they Brothers Eye This Chapter is part of that excellent Sermon Christ Preached on the Mount but I must not take time to give you the Analisis of it nor would I be tedious in clearing the Coherence of these words with what goes before them And there●ore that I may briefly prepare my way to the Text there are two things in the beginning of this Chapter to be noted by ●s 1. We have our dearest Lord flatly Prohibiting and sharply Reproving all rash and Precipitous judging of others verse the ● st Judge not c. 2. We have him enforceing this his Prohibition and Reproof by several Reasons and Arguments 1. By our Rash censuring and Condemning others we render our selves obnoxious to the Just censure and Judgment of the great God verse the 1 st Judge not that ye be not Judged 2. We should not thus rashly Judge and censure others because we are sure to be paid in our own coyn verse the 2d For with what Judgment ye Judge ye shall be Judged and with what Measure ye meet it shall be Measured to you again 3. We should avoid this Sin of an unwary and uncharitable Judging of others 〈◊〉 because we may possibly be guilty of some greater fault and crime our selves verse the 3d. And why beholdest thou the Mote that is in thy Brothers Eye but considerest not the Beam that is in thine own Eye The Word in the * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orriginal signifies something more then a bare beholding and seeing of anothers fault For it imports a nice and curious prying into the faults and failings of other Persons it signifies a curious and critical Eye in inspecting other Mens Actions with an intent and purpose to Reprove them 4. This is such a thing as renders us very unfit and improper Persons to Reform others verse the 4th Or how wilt thou say to thy Brother let me pull out the Mote out of thine Eye and behold a Beam is in ●hine own Eye 5. This rash and uncharitable Judging of others with an aptness to spie faults in ●hem doth carry the Face of great Insince●ity and Hipocrisie in it Verse the 5th Thou Hipocrite first cast the Beam out of thine ●wn eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast ●ut the more out of thy Brothers eye No surer note and Mark of Hipocrisie ●hen a forwardness to Judge and condemn o●hers for that which a man is Guilty of him●elf There are two things in the Text to be ●poken to which may be comprehended 〈◊〉 these two Propositions 1. Propo. That is a Christian Frater●●l part and duty to cast the Mote out of ●●r Brothers eye 2. Propo. That we may more Regularly ●omfortably and Effectually performe this ●hristian Brotherly Office we must first of 〈◊〉 cast the Beams out of our own eyes I shall say something to the First of these ●ropositious tho I do not intend to insist ●uch upon it because I shall rather take it for ●anted then make my Business to prove 〈◊〉 ●●y work is to direct rather then to excite ● Perswade to Reformation First cast the ●●am out of thine own eye and then shalt