Detraliion rebuked. 137 and marvel that our neighbours vilifie not us, and that the Church doth not judge us unworthy of its Communion ! Nature teacheth or con- firairieth all men, to be more fenfible of their own difeafes, than of their neighbours ;. and to complain of themmolt as loving themfelves belt Is it then becaufe you love your neighbours better than your felves , that you fpeak more of their faults and infirmities thanof your own ? If not, take heed left it prove not to be the voice of love! and then I neednot tell you how bad it fignifieth God is Love, and he that dwelleth in lovedwel leth in God, and God in him. The Devil is the Love-killer : And what way can you imagine fo powerful to kill love to any others, as to make men think them to be very bad ? Doth any man love evil that knoeth it to be evil,? certainly there- fore thefe fpeakings evil ofothers, are love-killing words ( though to his face to make him know himfeif, theymight be medicinal : ) And there., fore they are the fervice of the love-killing fpirit. DIRECT. XLIX. Take notice ofall thegood in others which ap= peareth, and rather talk of that behind their backs,, thanof theirfaults, F there were no Gcod in others, they were not to be loved : For it is contrary to mans na- ture, to will or love any thing, butffb ration bona, as
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