Samuel's encounter with Saul. I Sam. chap. 15 from ver. 13 to ver. 30.…Samuels encounter with Saul. I Sam. chap. 15 from ver. 13 to ver. 30.…

And by this objection thus¹ ⟨p. 316⟩answered, I may fitly take occasion to show, and it may easily be gathered, how we ought to walk with and behave our selves toward them who do amiss, of which sort, there are especially three.² And first toward such as give small hope, that there is any soundness and true fear of God in them, but do set a good face upon their doings, that they may be thought and taken for good professors, although indeed they cast away the word of the Lord, that it shall not rule them,³ And with such we ought so to live, that we offer them all good measure in neighbourliness, but not be allowers of, nor bearers with their sin, nor to have any such ⟨p. 317⟩near familiarity with them, that thereby they may be emboldened to remain in it, as they shall easily be, when they shall see us, who profess the renouncing and abhorring of all sin, to be so merry with them, whom we know to live in open sin.

Aud by this obiection thus¹ ⟨p. 316⟩answered, I may fitly take occasion to shew, and it may easily be gathered, how wee ought to walke with and behaue our selues toward them who doe amisse, of which sort, there are especially three.² And first toward such as giue small hope, that there is any soundnes and true feare of God in them, but doe set a good face vpon their doings, that they may be thought and taken for good professors, although indeede they cast away the word of the Lord, that it shall not rule them,³ And with such wee ought so to liue, that wee offer them all good measure in neighbourlynes, but not be allowers of, nor bearers with their sinne, nor to haue any such