John Trapp on Titus 1:13

Verſe 13 Rebuke them ſharply] Gr. Preciſely, rigidly, [non-Latin text not transcribed], [illegible: 1 letter] uttingly. ſeverely, and to the quick. A Metaphor from Chyrurgeons, who muſt not be melch-hearted, faith Celſus: but pare away the dead fl[illegible: 1 letter]ſh, Ne pars ſincera trabatur. Howbeit,Chirurges miſericordes eſſe non opartes. that is a good rule given by a godly Divine, that although there muſt be ſome warmth in a reproof, yet it muſt not be ſcalding hot.M Wbatcy in his Atchetyp. Words of reviling and diſgrace, they ſcald, as it were. But words that tend to ſtir up the conſcience to a du[illegible: 1 letter] conſideration of the errour, or evil reproved, they be duly warm, and tend to make the phyſick work more kindely. Evangelizatum non maledictum miſſus es, ſaid O[illegible: 1 letter]col [illegible: 1 letter]mpadius to Farellus: laudo zelum, modò non d[illegible: 1 letter]ſideretur mauſu[illegible: 1 letter]tudo. Vinu[illegible: 1 letter] & oleum in tempore ſuo inſund [illegible: 1 letter]dum. Evangelistam non tyrannicum leg ſ[illegible: 1 letter]atorem praeſtes. Thou art ſent to preach, not to rail. Thy zeal [illegible: 1 letter] commend ſo it be mingled with me[illegible: 1 letter]kneſſe. Wine muſt be poured into mens wounds one while,Oecolamp epad Gul. Fa[illegible: 1 letter]d. and oil another. Thou muſt ſhew thy ſelf a peaceable preacher, not a tyrannicall Law-giver, &c.