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Discourses, or, Sermons on several Scriptures
Discourses, or, Sermons on several Scriptures by ... Ezekiel late Lord Bishop of London-Derry.
London: printed for Nathanael Ranew, 1691
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.
Secondly, 1To hinder the spreading of an evil Example, which also perhaps some or other would make use of, to encourage them in the like Transgressions. And,
- 1To hinder the spreading of an evil Example.
Thirdly, 1To preserve him serviceable for the future; for by reporting his Miscarriages, thou lessenest his Credit, and thereby renderest him less capable of doing good than he was before. ⟨p. 51⟩For though he may recover himself out of the Snare of the Devil, and his Wound be healed, yet if his Faults have been made public, the Scar will still remain: And this will be such a blemish to him, that having lost much of his repute among Men, he will likewise lose much of those Advantages he formerly had of doing good in the World; and thou by thy imprudent Reproofs be the cause of it. Upon all these Accounts it is necessary that thy Reproofs be managed with the greatest Secrecy and Privacy that may be: For, as St. Austine speaks well, if whilst thou alone knowest thy Brother to have offended, and yet wilt rebuke him before all, Non es corrector sed proditor; Thou art not a Reprover, but a Betrayer.
Thirdly, 1To preserve him serviceable for the future; for by reporting his Miscarriages, thou lessenest his Credit, and thereby rendrest him less capable of doing good than he was before. ⟨p. 51⟩For though he may recover himself out of the Snare of the Devil, and his Wound be healed, yet if his Faults have been made publick, the Scar will still remain: And this will be such a blemish to him, that having lost much of his repute among Men, he will likewise lose much of those Advantages he formerly had of doing good in the World; and thou by thy imprudent Reproofs be the cause of it. Upon all these Accounts it is necessary that thy Reproofs be managed with the greatest Secresy and Privacy that may be: For, as St. Austine speaks well, if whilst thou alone knowest thy Brother to have offended, and yet wilt rebuke him before all, Non es corrector sed proditor; Thou art not a Reprover, but a Betrayer.