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CJhap.+.
32,
is
thisorthat
(care
which the former hath
caufed
to
me
; as
if
one
fhould finite
a
Tradefman
, fo
that
on the ftroakd
he fhould keepe
his
bed,
and be at expenfc with the
Chirurgion
; this
is
injurious ,
that
a
man
bound to thew me love
and
the
offices
of
love fhouldintreat
me
fo
fpightfully
;
this
that
upon
his
injurious dealing, I
have loft that
I
might have
earned,
and fpent
that
I might
have faved, this
is a
dam
-
We
may Cake
mage I
fuftained
by
him.
Now
the anfwer
is,
that
alwayes the injury
amends for our
muff be
forgiven, the dammage then when wifdome and
charity fo
da:nmag`'
tI
re uire.
God that
did
commandfor
iveneffe
forbidding
revenge, he
Levir.r9.
t
g
,
Exed.2
r.
r
8,19. doth
allow dammages
in
the
cafe
propounded.
Only
And
how.
in
feeking
them, we mutt
take heed
that
wedoe
it
not on
trifles
:
This
feeking
right
upon every trifle
is a
defeh, t
Cor.6.7.
2.
Without
revenge. 3.
It
mutt be done with intendment
of
good
to
him againft
whom
we complaine,
to
others,
toour
felves.
In
what order
For the
third queffion,
it
is
anfwered, that be he who bath
offen-
we
are
to
for-
ded
never
fo
farre from
his
duty,
we
mutt forgive.
When
you
fund
to
give.
if
on
have
ought a
body,
forgive
it:
where we
are requi-
red
t.ss
pray,
y
ain an
y
g
g
yr
S
abfolutely
before we
can
pray acceptably,
to
forgive.
Yet
wee
Forgiven
fe
muff
know
,
that
forgiveneffeis inward
onely,
or outwardly
teftified
òú
ward
or
by word
and geflure.
The
firft
we muff alwayes doe;
that
is, clenfe
our mind
of
rancor,
and revenge,
be
in
love, or
elfe we
cannot pray.
The
fecond we may
refraine,
when
in
Chritlian
wifdome wee
fee
it
behoovefull
;
as a
Parent forgiving
his child in his
purpofe, doth
look big
and
threaten deeply.
Vfe
r:
This
doetrine then
doth
check fuch
as
are fo difpofed
that they
will
not beare with
any
wrong, they
will carry
a
grudge
(even yeares,and
if
they doe not
retire
revenge, yet they
will
remember
and will
never
meddle
nor
make
to
nor fro.
We
are tons
of
thunderifwe be
moved,
we
will
call
for
fire
from heaven
:
the fpirit
that
is in us
luffeth after
Matsss
revenge; the
Pharifees doétrine
is
pleafing, An
eye
for
an
eye,
a
tooth
fir
a tooth;
and who faith not that, Prov.
24.29.
I
will
doe
robin: as
he
bath
done
tome?
Vie
2.
But in
the
fecond place we muff
know,
than
calling
elf
this fpirit
of
revenge,we mutt labour
to
forgive and forget injury,
like
good
lot
ph,
Gen.
45.
like
David
who forgave
Shimei,
2
Sam.
19.
like
t
oofes,
Numb.
a
r,
s.
there
is
none
of
us
but
may
Rand in need
of
our neigh-
bours, we
give offence and have
need
to
be pardoned.
Againe,
be-
cáufe
it
is fo
hard
a knot our
Saviour driveth
it
with
as
hard
a
wedge,
Mat,c.ts
Forgive,
or
you/hall
not
be
forgiven
:
And what doe we
when we will
Not
forgi-
ving
not forgive, but
like
the
Bee
which lofeth her fling,
and
becommeth
ishnf°i
g
g
to
our
(elves,
a
Droane,
and
fo
hurtcth her
felfe
more thenothers! So
do we
when
we will
not
forgive ; we
fetour felves thoufands
in Gods debt, while
we will not forgive
the
fewpenfe which our neighboursowe
us.
DoFá,
Laftly, this
doth
let
us
fee, That
our
God
is
aGod
of
forgiveneffe :
for
God
is a
God
if
he
will have
us
who
are finfull forgive one
another,
how much
more
°fF°tg'
"
""tS'
will he forgive
us
!
Who is
a
God like our
?
not
a
father
like
earthly
Micah
?.as.
g
fathers,