The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

Answ. This being the business of another subject, I shall only say thus much, that if thou perceivest them by their haughty and scornful carriage to be such as will kick at rebuke;¹ thou hast a Rule from Solomon. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee. When by the wisest conjecture that thou canst make, he is like to show the properties of a brutish,² swinish nature. Cast not thy Pearls before Swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rent you. But if he be a person likely to receive impressions, and particularly if it be a trespass against thy self, go tell him his fault between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee,³ thou hast gained thy Brother. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, Prov. 25.9. I have known admirable success in this case. But in all such cases observe these three directions.

Answ. This being the business of another subject, I shall onely say thus much, that if thou perceivest them by their haughty and scornful carriage to be such as will kick at rebuke;¹ thou hast a Rule from Solomon. Reprove not a scorner, lest hee hate thee. When by the wisest conjecture that thou canst make, he is like to shew the properties of a brutish,² swinish nature. Cast not thy Pearls before Swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rent you. But if he be a person likely to receive impressions, and particularly if it be a trespass against thy self, go tell him his fault between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee,³ thou hast gained thy Brother. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, Prov. 25.9. I have known admirable success in this case. But in all such cases observe these three directions.