426 Chap3, Rules for the eradication of iiájuft Élriger. Cdi t.4 the ableft is leali fubje& to this paffron, he doth not féntirefepercuffu»i not refenp a blow. Now if this anger cannot be prevented that it breaknot out, it is to be forrowed for and repented, and we mutt labour to flop it in regard of the meafure, wémutt look to the fuppuration or impoflume, to have it healed and dried up. Aman may Ë}shef4. 6 fometime beangry, but he ma not requiefcere in ira (as is faid before :)S.Paul fet- Mar k t 1.25 , teth us the loi,geft time forkeeping it, Ne occidat Sol : and the reafon is, every Chri- ftian is tò offer his eveninglacrifice of prayer,and before we pray, we mutt forgive, T he charge of this is fet down negative and af¡irmative by S. Matthew from our Saviours mouth, to thew theneceffity of it. If yeforgivemen their treffaffes, your 14fat.6. 64, IS he venl_y Father will all;forgive you : but ifye 'forgive not, neither willyourfather forgiveyour trefpafgs. And if we number our remiffiuns orforgivings,then ours (hall be numbred to us by tally ; if we forgive finefine & numero, we(hall be forgiven in the like manner. So much for Suppuratio. Now forfuma, the foamingof itout by the tongue.He that doth this,difquieteth Ecclus.2S. 9 his friends. And yet we are to confider , that we haveto do with men , and fuck men as fometime offendwith the tongue, though not with the will ; who is it that James 3.8 offendeth not with thetongue ? Itis an unrulymember, no man can tame it. David Pfal "6. a in his anger faid, All men are lyars , Samuel and all , becaufe God had deferred that which Samuel told him thouldcome to pafs, the Kingdom. Seeing then that there 38.13 is no man but offendeth withhis tongue, we shouldfollow Davids praélice , effe tan- pant furdus, to beas it were deaf, and giveno regard to what we hear fpoken in an- ger ; not to be deaf, but tanquamfureltu, as one deaf, is good in this cafe : for when one hath heard evil provoking words, they are as the fon of Syrach fpeaks, like :a Eccius.a8. 12 coal of fire, which if one blow onit , it will kindle ; if hefßit upon it, it willgo out. TheHeathen manconfidexed this by the light of nature.If he bethus angry without a taufe, quidfaciet irritatur,what will he be if I provokehim, and requite one angry word with another. And therefore thePhilofoper,when one reproached him, call up dull into the Air, and when the other asked him why he did fo, he anfwered, In- jicio pulverem vomitui"tuo, I throwdull to cover thy vomit ; and indeed it is nothing elfe, but vomitus bilis, a difgorging of choler. Prov. 29.9 Solomon faith,He that anfwers'itch a one, whether he be ìnjefr, or inearn', befhaii go by the worfh.If hebe wife,thou art yet wifer by forbearing him, tai, mrnrHravaoyás 26,4,E m íço:O-, the wfirfor not returning wordfor word. Therefore he would not have a fool anfwered, left we become like him,andbe as he that reproving a fault in another commies a greater himfelf,and fo.runs into a great abfurdity;for againfi a fools words, magnum remediumnegligentia, thebeft courfe is to negleei them: fo that fortnetimes he muff not be anfwered, left wemake é fiulto infanum, of a fool a madman; and yet again,fometimes he muftbe anfwered , whenhe is amongfilch as himfelf, that think well of him,left he feemwife s but if he beamong wifemen,anfwer him not, for they will regard rather, quid to taceas, quartz quid ille dicat,thywifdom inThence, than his folly infpeaking. The Jail thing in anger is the A& it felt, or requiting of one injury with another. Matth.5.&6. Now though thisbe no way lawful,neither is revenge allowed under the Gofpel by our Saviour, though under the Law they were allowed,eyefor eye,and toothfor tooth, becaufe a far higher degree of love isnow required under the Gofpel ; yet we may difiinguifh between revenge and reparation for the damage we have fuflained in our eflate, perfon, or name. Revenge is, when we leek the hurt of him, with whom we are angry , though we our leises receiveno benefit thereby, and thisis utterly unlawfulnow, either for private perlons , or any others, as Magiftrates, &c. But the other , viz. reparationfor the lofs or damage we have fuftained is no vvay con- trary to Chriftian love, nor forbidden by Chrift, but may lawfully be fought by thehands of theMagiftrate, vvhen it cannot othexwife, be had : vve are not to be (as thePope once faidofEngland)a good Affe to bear all burdens.Aman maylirive 2Tim.2.5 läwfully,efpecially in Gods caufe.Strive for the truth (faith the Wife man) and that Ecclus.4.28 unto death,and this is fo far from the fin of anger,that it is accounted a vertue called zeal. In the cafe of meum and tuum,vve fee that Abraham faid to Lot, Let there be Gen.t3.8 nò flrife between me and thee. Abraham for quietnefs departed fomething from his right. But-
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