AS if he should have said, The eyes of the Heathen, and Publi∣canes are set upon you, and would much rejoyce, to heare that you, who are brethren in professing my name, should differ. And therefore, in such a case, goe first by thy selfe, and doe it with all the privacy that may be, for feare of the scandall, which other∣wise may arise by the difference betwixt you, and when yee are so met, use all the wholsome perswation thou c••ust (according to the measure of the gift which is given thee) to incite, and stir up, to give thee satisfaction, and if thou canst perswade him thereunto, thou hast then gained thy brother; which shall be a glory unto thee, so that thou shalt shine, as the Starres in the firmament.
But if he yet remaine obstinate, and will not give thee some* 1.1 reasonable satisfaction for thy losse by him, then take with thee one or two more of thy neighbours, of which number, may be thy Pastor, or whom else thou shalt thinke meet. And in so doing, certainly they wil moderate the businesse betwixt you, (unlesse* 1.2 ye be both Hipocrites, so that no reason will perswade you) yea certainly, rather then you will make it any further trouble, one of you wil put up with some losse, (least it beget a scandall to the Church▪) but if it so be, that thou shewest thy selfe before thy neighbours, to be a reasonable man, rather to put up with losse, then to exact more then thy owne, and yet he will not recon∣cile himselfe, or give thee thy owne.
Then thou art of necessity, to put him to a greater sh••me and disgrace, being constrained to acquaint the Church with it, which after notice given, when so many of the members are met together, as shall please to come, thou shalt produce the Wit∣nesse, which thou tookest with thee, and they shall declare the truth and equity of thy cause unto them, as also the refractori∣nesse of the offender, or trespasser, which being so manifestly ••p∣parent,