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The .xxxiii. Sermon, which is the thirteenth vppon the fourth Chapter, and the first vppon the fifth Chapter.
31. Let all bitternesse, and hastinesse, and wrath, and roring, and iniurie bee put from you, with all spytefulnesse.
32. And bee yee gentle one too another, and kynd harted, forgi∣uing one another, euen as God though Christ forgaue you.
The fifth Chapter.1. Bee yee therfore folowers of God, as deere children.
2. And vvalke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue himselfe for vs an offering and sacrifice vnto God, for a sent of good sauour.
WEe knowe that all Gods children not only should bee peaceable themselues, but also procure peace too the vttermost of their power: and make attonement whereas was disagreement and stryfe, forasmuch as it is the marke that our Lorde Iesus Christ hath giuen vs. Now if we ought too reconcyle those betweene whom there was any secret grudge: much more ought wee too absteyne from all mouing of de∣date. For what authoritie or meanes shall wee haue too bring them toogither which are greeued one at another, and too set them at bro∣therly attonement, or too asswage their choler, when they bee moued with some ouer vehement passion: if wee our selues bee full of stryfe and trubble, and giuen to crying, roring and storming? So then, not without cause dooth Saint Paule declare, that all bitternesse, vvith testinesse, and anger, and cursed speaking, ought too bee put a∣vvay from the faythfull, euen vvith al Spytfulnesse. For he setteth downe spytefulnesse heere, as the roote that yeeldeth the frutes which he speaketh of. And by that woord he meaneth such a Churlishnesse