A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

Observation 1. There is a time when we may use severity; others save with fear, weak Physic doth but stir bad humours, not purge them out; nettles if gentle touched, sting the more; fair, plausible lectures do hurt to seared Hypocrites, there is a time for the Trumpet as well as the Pipe; when we pipe to men in the alluring strains of grace, and they dance not, Then cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a Trumpet, Isa. 58. 1, but who are these others, who must be dealt with roughly? I Answer,

Observation 1. There is a time when we may use severity; others save with fear, weak Physick doth but stir bad humours, not purge them out; nettles if gentle touched, sting the more; fair, plausible lectures do hurt to seared Hypocrites, there is a time for the Trumpet as well as the Pipe; when we pipe to men in the alluring strains of grace, and they dance not, Then cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a Trumpet, Isa. 58. 1, but who are these others, who must be dealt with roughly? I Anser,

1. The Seducers themselves, these must be laid forth in their colours, though the seduced must be pitied, see Titus 1. 11. with 13. They subvert whole houses, teach things which they ought not, them rebuke sharply; the Prophet flouteth at Baals Priests, 1 Kings 18. 27. and Christ every where giveth the Pharisees their due load, Oh ye generation of Vipers, and Scribes and Pharisees, and Hypocrites.

1. The Seducers themselves, these must be layd forth in their colours, though the seduced must be pittied, see Titus 1. 11. with 13. They subvert whole houses, teach things which they ought not, them rebuke sharply; the Prophet flouteth at Baals Priests,