Of Brótherly Xindnefs and Charity. `327 But í#i11, charity is not appropriated to GERM., thofe of the fame religion, or thofe who are IX. of the houfhold of faith ; at leaf, if there be `- -v-- -+ a particular brotherly kindnefs due to them, and they who have pured themfelves by obeying the truth thro' the fiirit, will and ought to love one another with pure hearts fervently, yet a more extenfive charity and good -will muff be added to that virtue, a dif. pofition to do good to every one of mankind, as we have opportunity. Concerning this affeäion with the evi- dences and expreffions of it, it is not neceffary to fay much ; but, I ¡hall confider more largely the obligations we are under to culti- vate it, and efpecially the neceffity of adding it to godlinefs. The principle itfelf is eafily underftood, and made obvious by that rule that is given us to judge by in the abridg- ment of the moral law, Thou (halt love thy neighbour as thy felf. We know every one of us, however ignorant, what it is to love ourfelves ; there is no one of mankind, in whom this principle is not ftrong : We may be miftaken in the methods of purfuing our own happinefs, no doubt many are 'miftaken, but we all fincerely with and earneftly de fire Q_a it.
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