ΣΥ ૪, SECT. XXIII. Σr Ev Honom, Do thou therefore, O Bi ληθείας ότι λέγξ κύ vour rightly to divide the Word of Truth. For the Lord fays, if you walk cross- Lev. xxvid grain'd to me, I will walk 29. cross-grain'd to you. And elfewhere, With the Holy thou Pfal. xvii, rilt le holy, and with the Per- i6. fect Man thou wilt be perfect, can and with the Froward thou wilt Laspetes. be froward Walk therefore holily, that you may rather appear worthy of Fraife from the Lord, than of Complaint from the Adverfary με ποιμαίνετε ** Page 253 Be ye of one Mind, O XLIV, ye Bithops, one with another, and be at Peace wth one another ympathize with one another; love the Brethren, and feed the People with Care; with one Confent teach thofe that are under you to be of the fame 1 deef, V. 2 deck. V. ?¿1⁄2iwoñte. V. ↑ úño. V. szívede. Va Ο ποιμαίνοντες. V. 1 Cor. i 10. Eph. iv. 4. Sentiments, and to be of the so wei Tes au Twv So fame Opinions about the fame Matters, That there may be no Schifms among you; that ye may be one Body, and one Spirit, perfectly join'd together in the fame Mind, and in the fame Judgment, according to the Appointment of the Lord. And let the Deacon refer all things to the Bishop, as Chrift does to his Father. But let him order fuch things as he is able by himself, receiving Power from the Bishop, as the Lord did from his Father the Power of Creation and of Providence. But the weighty Matters let the Bifhop judge: Bur let the Dea-swi Yang & TobỶcon be the Bishop's Ear, and Eye, and Mouth, and Heart, and Soul, that the Bishop may not be diftraded with many Cares, but with fuch only as are more confiderable: As Jethro did appoint xvii. for Mofes, and his Couniel was receiv'd. Exod. 2 2 monówe anon, opaugs, soμa, rapNo Tε, 2 tuxn, iva μὴ ἢ τὰ πολλὰ μεριμ vv o Congπ, na páva Tinerea w ex & 'TWOWp TW o ὁ Ἰωθώρ Mauri deraтo, è ἀπεδέχθη αὐτό ἡ συμ βελία. 6 deeft.V. darxaníar.v. ¿deeft,V.v. ± xXa‹osy. 5 deeft.V. ' most SECT SECT. XXIV. 1 Cor. vi. comium for a Chriftian to have no Contest with a-1, &c. ny one: But if by any Management or Temptation a Conteft arifes with any one, let him endeavour that it may be compos'd, though thereby he be obliged to lofe fomewhat; and let it not come before an Heathen Tribunal. Nay indeed, you are not to permit that the Rulers of this World should pafs Sentence against our People: For by them the Devil contrives Mischief to the Servants of God, and occafions a Reproach to be caft upon us, as though we had not one wife Man that is able to judge between his Brethren, or to decide their Controverfies. Let not the Heathen there XLVI. fore know of your Diffe-*.* Pag. rences among one another, 254. nor do you receive Unbe 6 lievers as WitneЛles against your feives, nor be judged by them ; nor we them any thing on account of TriMat.xxii. bute or Fear; but, Rendr to 21. xvii. او Cæfar the things that are 3 φόβον αλλα απόδοση Calar's, and unto God the Ta Rai Cap Kaioxer, things that are God's, as Tri-TU TO DIE TW DEW bute, Taxes, or Poll Money; oior, queor, ĥ xlusov, as our Lord by giving adexxmov, as y 24, . Piece of Money was freed wer das & sαfrom Disturbance. Choose therefore rather to fuffer Harm, and to endeavour af ter those things that make for Peace, not only among the Brethres, but alio among the Unbelievers. For by fuffering Lofs in the Affairs of this Life thou wilt be fure not to tuffer in the Concerns of Piety, and wilt live religiously, and according to the Command of Chrift. But if brethren have Law-Suits one with another, which God forbid, you who are the Rulers ought thence to learn that fuch as thefe do not do the Work of the Lord, a Mamor but rather of publick Ene 2 πολεμίων. ε ལ εις με deeft. V.v. dee...V.egy.V. deeft.V. es. v. deeft. V. α των mies; and one of the Par- Dufy Q Tenaula- his Harred to his Brother. શ DENN & STW GTeori- Afterward, when he repents, xviii. 21. Trefpaffes; not the Duty of thofe that judge, bnt of thofe that have Quarrels. As the Lord determin'd when I Peter ask'd him, How oft fhall Matt. my Brother fin againt me, and I forgive him? Till Seven times? He reply'd, Ifay not unto thee, Until Seven times, but until Seventy times Seven. For OUTOs 8 fo would our Lord have us Dead ó xver dans to be truly his Difciples, and " unde Evy au Tô μAINTas, · αὐτὸν. V. never to have any thing a gainst any body; as for In- |