L. VIVES.
BEare (a) yee] The Greeke is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. (b) The spirit of meekenesse] Because of that which followeth: Considering thy selfe least thou also bee tempted. It is fitte that one that corrects sinne, should consider that hee might sinne him-selfe: least if hee growe proud because hee is more perfect then his brother, reuenge bee at hand, and make him fall worse. (c) The seruants] Our Sauiour treating of brotherly remission, reciteth this Parable. Math. 18. (d) Not disposing] Ecclesiastes the 7. 15. Behold the worke of God: who can make streight that which hee hath made crooked. And hence it is that a few rules serue to guide some in ho∣nestie, and none, other-some. If the minde bee not inwardly mooued to good, the outward words doe but little good. (e) Being in vs] for the pronenesse to badnesse that is in vs all, is the punishment of the first mans sinne, by which without great resistance, wee are harried into all enormity. Besides there is no sinne but vexeth him in whome it is. The first reuenge (saith Iuuenall) is, that no guilty man is quitte by his owne conscience. But this place is diuersly read. But the true sence is, If that originall promise to sinne which wee haue all from A∣dam bee not predominant ouer the whole man, nor reigne not (as the Apostle saith) in our members, but bee subiected •…•…o the minde, and the minde vnto God the gouernour, not con∣senting to that wicked procliuitie, but rather peaceably restraining it, and comming vnto the curing of GOD that good Phisitian, then that crazed affect becommeth sound perfection, and with the whole man attaineth immortality. For this aptnesse or inclination to sinne, which the schoole-diuines call fomes, is sinne in vs.