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 If the party to be reproved be our equal, then it must be done without all bitterness, even with all love. Reproof is a bitter pill, and therefore it must always be rolled with Sugar, expressing much meekness of spirit, and compassion of heart; showing in the hatred of our brothers sin, our love of his person.

2 If the party to be reproved be our equal, then it must bee done without all bitterness, even with all love. Reproof is a bitter pill, and therefore it must alwaies be rolled with Sugar, expressing much meekness of spirit, and compassion of heart; shewing in the hatred of our brothers sin, our love of his person.

4 The quality of the sin reproved must likewise be observed.

4 The quality of the sin reproved must likewise bee observed.

1 Private offences must be privately reproved; For saith our Saviour,¹ If thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone. But open and scandalous offences must be reproved openly. For saith the Apostle,² Them that sin, viz. openly, and with scandal, rebuke before all, i. e. before the whole assembly of the Church, that others also may fear.

1 Private offences must bee privately reproved; For saith our Saviour,¹ If thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone. But open and scandalous offences must be reproved openly. For saith the Apostle,