The Mount of Calvarie . r becaufe thatin matter of corre£tion,a friend will rather venter his confci-ence with his friend, then fuffcr him to lofe his credite. Cer-tainly it is no creditc,but a difcrcdit, no charity bat cruelty tofuffcr his neighbour to damne himfelfe for want of correctinghim : for oftentimes naughty men would amend themfeluesof their errors,iftheit friends which they haue,would aduer-tife them of ceing wee cannot auoid it,b^t ftumble ateuery foot,nor giuc ouer finning more or lc(Te,why haue weefriends and companion$,but becaufe they fhould kecpe vs vpwith one hand fro
The Mount of Calvarie . r becaufe thatin matter of corre£tion,a friend will rather venter his confci-ence with his friend, then fuffcr him to lofe his credite. Cer-tainly it is no creditc,but a difcrcdit, no charity bat cruelty tofuffcr his neighbour to damne himfelfe for want of correctinghim : for oftentimes naughty men would amend themfeluesof their errors,iftheit friends which they haue,would aduer-tife them of ceing wee cannot auoid it,b^t ftumble ateuery foot,nor giuc ouer finning more or lc(Te,why haue weefriends and companion$,but becaufe they fhould kecpe vs vpwith one hand from falling , and lift vs vp with theother,ifthey fee vs downc ? S. Barnard in an Epiftlc faith. Let no manleaue off the correlating of his neighbour and friend, becaufehe thinkcth thatby fo doing,he doth difpleafe him: for afterhe hath confidercd of the m3tter,hee (hall perceiuethat hechath done a good worke f becaufe that oftentimes the coun*fell which they giuc vs, is more worth tha the money which-shcy lend vs^ CHAP,. of ^leunt L muarte^ 121 CHAP. IX. Why the good ihcefc did not chide with the tjaughty thecfe,becaujehee did not lone Chrijl^as hce did chide with himbecauje hee didnot feAre God : there Are manj notablethingi brought touching thefedre of our Lord* 51 Cclejia ^uieietn m4gis qn 91idle adificahAturj anu /W-Q /3t. ) yuUns in ttmore di-mini^ O ctafoldtionefviri^ tus fanH^iy faith S. I-^^^ in the ninth chan^ofthe Aifts of the Apoftlcs;asif he would fay,After that S,Steuen was ftoned to cleath,andthe Apoftic Saint Paulwd^s conuertcd, by fomuch the more the church of God cncrcafed in building,byhow rauch the more (hee was founded vpon the fcarc of ourLord, and the church did rcceiuc no comfort but fuch as theholy ghoft did fend ^^ vpon thi? place fayth,That thefcripture doth aduifc vs with a high ftiie, how much it dothimport vs that we fcare our Lord and keepc his coramande-mentSjbccaufe the primitiuc church neuer began to encreafeand flourifh, vnnll that Commo
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