Chap. 3 t. As expohi:54 upax the "Rook d` J a as. Vert 29 P;.9 is toff difcernable in our not re oycing at his fall. Tims one o " r,r theArdents determines this ueftion The rc erit . t i'e °""i" it q pip 7 i ' er the faá ofan enemy, rethat which peu mu indeed to the ors o!! f fea_r ,r;.ttnY our 14ve. The profpercne ofan enemy tryeçh' us whether .ie can Qk. cafri, rn=r.r- beare it and not be fuprized with envy ; his felt tryethus,wbecher we can fee ir,or heart of it, and not be furprized with joy. And qui1 anon an' ,t doubles, He that is troubled at his enemies profpericie, will alto fe ; =ei=ere.rr. rejoyce at his calamicie. So that the greateft tryall oftrue Go- g.r,,,,; eriare fpel love to at, enemy,lieth in the mortificationof all fech Joyes. //and tota per. And how hard it is not to re;oyce at the hurt of an enemy or of rejár;ur, quern one that hates us, no man knows but he that bath been hatedand eCatu° hurt by an enemy. Aman may for ever forbeare to hurt his enc. 14"". Meat my, or to layviolent hands onhim,and yet he may heartily with his deftru&ion by the hand ofothers. And he that rejoyceth at the hurt of another, may rather be judged to want power then a will to hurt him himfelfe ; or that he forbears to hurt him that hated him rather becaufe he was aff-aid of hurtingand endanger- ing himfelfeby doing it,then becaufe he had had no mind todoe it. And therefore lob puts himfelfe upon the higheft and fuze t tryall, whether his heart were right in this thing, whilehe faith, df I rej yced at thedeffruílionof him that hated wee. Further, Confider how love rifeth by feverall ftepps or de- grees. Firft To doe a Friend good is a great ad of love ; yet it is not fo great a curtefie to doe good to a Friend, as it is a wicked- neffe todoe him hurt. Jr this thy kindnes to thyfriend ? Secondly, It is a great ad of love tobeare wrongdone by an enemy patiently ;yet not fo great as freely to forgive him that wrong. Thirdly , It is agreat at oflove, not to hurtan enemy when we have power to doe it ; yet it is a greater to doehim good ;or to repayre,in what we may, his honour. When Cafar command- Crrari cam ed the Statuesof Pompey, whichCome had pul'd downe, to be fer tta;ua, Pornpe j up againe ; Cicero told him,That in reftoring the Statues of Pom- deieffas e, gt pey he had ercc`ted his owne. juju, ci,ern t ourthiy , Not to rejoyce at themifery ofan enemy, is ana& f+al a, TPeri 111 ofperfedl charity. endo, toot dea Fifthly , To mourne at the fall of an enemy , is an adapt fi4i, reft pity. From
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