A54381:638
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Here we are also forbidden, 1. to be a scandal, or offence to the Soul of our Neighbour, either in life, or Doctrine, Matth. 18. 7.
2. To Minister occasions of strife and discord, as 1. when we will not remit of our own right, rather then offend our Neighbour. 2. when we shall return him snappish ⟨p. 94⟩and crooked answers. 3. When we interpret every thing a miss, and take it in the worst part, as did Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. 25. And Hanun, 2 Sam. 10. 3. 1 Chr. 19. 2. 4.
2. To Minister occasions of strife and discorde, as 1. when we will not remit of our own right, rather then offend our Neighbour. 2. when we shall return him snappish ⟨p. 94⟩and crooked answers. 3. When we interpret every thing a miss, and take it in the worst part, as did Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. 25. And Hanun, 2 Sam. 10. 3. 1 Chr. 19. 2. 4.
3. Here Ministers sin against their Neighbours, even to a killing of them. 1. When as they do not preach the Word of God to their charge, and when they do not instruct them in the right ways of Truth, and of life,