A25470:583
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Jeroboam the Son of Nebat is said to make Israel to sin, that's his brand. How did he make Israel to sin? why by his Law he commanded them to sin, but by his practice and Example he made them to sin; he set up Calves in Dan and Bethel, and whole herds of people ran a lowing after them. So it is said of St. Peter, that he compelled the Gentiles to Judaize, Gal. 2.14.1 Why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? How did St. Peter compel the Gentiles to Judaize? not by any thing he preached to them, saith Hierome, but by his Example, non docentis imperio, sed conversantis exemplo. A stone you know thrown into the water, makes it self but one circle, aye but that one perhaps begets a score, or an hundred: so it is here, he that sets an evil Example, sins not alone, he draws hundreds it may be into sin after him. He is like a man that sets his own house on fire, it burns many of his neighbours, and he is to be answerable for all the ruins.
Jeroboam the Son of Nebat is said to make Israel to sin, that's his brand. How did hee make Israel to sin? why by his Law hee commanded them to sin, but by his practice and Example hee made them to sin; hee set up Calves in Dan and Bethel, and whole herds of people ran a lowing after them. So it is said of St. Peter, that hee compelled the Gentiles to Judaize, Gal. 2.14.1 Why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? How did St. Peter compel the Gentiles to Judaize? not by any thing hee preacht to them, saith Hierome, but by his Example, non docentis imperio, sed conversantis exemplo. A stone you know thrown into the water, makes it self but one circle, aye but that one perhaps begets a score, or an hundred: so it is here, hee that sets an evil Example, sins not alone, hee draws hundreds it may bee into sin after him. Hee is like a man that sets his own house on fire, it burns many of his neighbours, and hee is to bee answerable for all the ruines.
- 1Epistola Hieronymi intra opera Augustini, Epist. 11.