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 eating and drinking their own judgment. For the word xpiete which our Tranſlators render, does not here ſignifie eternal condemnation, but a temporal Judgment and  in order to the prevention of eternal condemnation, is evident from what follows; He that  and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh  to himſelf:

And then he ſays, For this many are weak and ſickly among you, and many : That is, for this irreverence of theirs, God  ſent among them ſeveral diſeaſes, of which  had died. And then he adds, ''For if we would our ſelves, we ſhould not be judged. For if we Judge our ſelves''; whether this be meant of  publick Cenſures of the Church, or our  cenſuring of our ſelves, in order to our future  and reformation is not certain. If latter, which I think most probable, then  here is much the ſame with examining our  ver. 28. And then the Apoſtle's meaning is, if we would cenſure and examine our ſelves,  as to be more careful for the future, we ſhould  the Judgment of God in theſe temporal : ''But when we are judged, we are  of the Lord, that we ſhould not be  with the world. But when we are Judged; that when by neglecting thus to judge our ſelves,  provoke God to judge us; we are chaſtned of  Lord, that we ſhould not be condemned with the ''; that is, he inflicts theſe temporal judgments upon us to prevent our eternal condemnation. Which plainly ſhews that the judgment here of is not eternal condemnation. And then concludes, ''Wherefore, my Brethren, when ye come  to eat, tarry for one another. And if any man, let him eat at home, that ye come not together''