Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

2 Sharply, So the Apostle commandeth, Rebuke them sharply. The word in the Greek translated sharply, properly signifieth cuttingly, or to the quick. Ely failed herein; though he reproved his sons for their wickedness, yet it was not sharply, and to the quick, but with too much gentleness and mildness.

2 Sharply, So the Apostle commandeth, Rebuke them sharply. The word in the Greek translated sharply, properly signifieth cuttingly, or to the quick. Ely failed herein; though hee reproved his sons for their wickedness, yet it was not sharply, and to the quick, but with too much gentleness and mildness.

2 The mind and disposition of the party reproved must be observed: For if he be flexible and ingenuous,¹ he must with mildness be reproved, even with the spirit of meekness, as the Apostle Paul expresseth it. But yet severity must be used when lenity prevails not.

2 The mind and •isposition of the party reproved must be observed: For if hee bee flexible and ingenuous,¹ hee must with mildness bee reproved, even with the spirit of meekness, as the Apostle Paul expresseth it. But yet severity must bee used when lenity prevails not.

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3 The state and condition of the party reproved is to be observed. For