7,68 Genera&direelionsfor a 1111IMMIbimsxlmomorneesomson. bosaess.c.seee..0........411 then thy wife : then thy parents ; then thy children and fami b Plus &berms ly ; then the b houfehold of faith; then thynatural' kinred diligere extrane- fprung lately from the fame progenitors ; then thyneereft 03, .qui nobis funs corm:11W vinculo neighbours and common friends ; then thy country-men ; charitatis Chrifli, then firangers ; then thine enemies. For as thou wculdeft be quam propinquos qui Daum non di- holden a childe of the Hight" Luk. 6. 3 5. thou muff love nec Deo thine enemies,and relieve them too, Prov.25.21. RomaZ.20. ferviunt. ouare (_sia finetior eft And becaufe our naughtyheartsdoe naturally rife, and fwell copula cordium againft them with much enraged anger , difdaine and cone quam corporutu. Bernatb. De mods tempt; ponder ferioufly upon there points, as counter poyc . Ions tokeepeout tilde Fmle fiends, and preferve thine af- feaions ever calme and unflained this way, and in an holy charitabletemper anddilpofition todoe them good. Firft, he that becomes a bloody goad in thy fide fOr thy bleffed profefri on, and becaufe thonfollovveagoodneffe, is fiarke mad, and utterly betides himfelfe in matter of falva- tiou. He is as adead man without all fence of fpirituall fen- murder : now it is extreme weakeneffe,to eeven thy wit (as they fay) with a Bedlam; and barbarous inhumanity s to wreake thy fpite upon the dead, andtbafely to vexe a livelefre carcafewithbraving infUltations. 2, Thou thouldeft moft wilfully forfake thine ownemere cy, and judge thy felfe more then infinitely unworthy ofe- verlafting life, of any part or portion in the rich, glorious, eternal' purchafes of Hismeritorious death ; if thou coulda not frankely forgive the greateft wrong of thy greatea ene- my upon this groundonely ; becaufe Itfiu Cbrifl bath freely powred out thedeareft and warmeft blood in his heart, to purchafe for thee a worme, andwretch, and while thouwaft yet his defperate enemy, pardon and falvation from the end- 1e&woes, and damnations of Hell. 3. Thirdly,themerciful' patience of God himfelfe in for= bearing and bearing with infinite wrongs, and diffionours done untohis great Majefty every day, may be a matchleffe patterneand precedent to us woeful' fanners, and worfe then nothing, eafily to pardon, and patiently to paffe by all the provocations of our fellow creatures. How many blafphe- MOUS
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