O f themeaner toprestent vniufanger. 69 infinite power, he was able not onely to haue thrcatned,but alío to haue vtterly deffroied his enemies.ff thereforeChriff was fo milde and patient, who was free from finne, furely much more should we be ( ifit werepog blc ) who by our finnes haue defeeued the greatefl iniuries , yea, eternall death. But if theCc examples be too high for our imitation , let vs call: the eyes of our mindes v'pon the patience and long fufferingofour fellowbrethren . As of Abraham,whowhen iufl caule of offencewas offered by Lot and his fhepheards, was rather content to part from his right, then he would haue any difcord and diffention.Gen.x 3.8. Ofc M fes,who Gent ;.s. then was ready to pray for the people, when theywere rea- dy to (lone him, Exod. 17.4. i r. Of 'Dauidwho hauing re= Exod,r',4.Ft uenge in his owne hand, whenhe was prouoked by the out- ragious injuries of Shemei, did notwrthflanding containe hirafelfe,2.Sam.i6.i o.andofStephen, who when the flones,,,suni6.Io: flew about his cares, praied for his enemies that threw them at him,A6s 7.60. A&s 7. 6© Or ifthele exampleswill not mouevs to the loueofmild- The example neficandpatience,let vs fet before our eyes thofc men which °Pothers t e«P areCubieet to the fury of anger , and fo thall we calily dif- ,n:heirfart'. Berne in others what an vgly and brutifh vice it is in our [clues. One faith,that ifan angry man would lookehimfelfe Senlib. :.ale in a glaflc inthe middeff of his fury , he would appearefo ira,aap 36 horrible in.his owne fight,that it would be a notablemcanes toworke an hatred in hisheart, offodeformed a vice ; but for ás much as angry menwill hardly bee brought to this while they continue in their rage, or if they could,they haue fomewhat relented already, and fothe coppyof their coun- tenance is changed; or though it werenot , the furyoftheir affe6ion fo cloudeth the iudgement of reaCon , that they thinkeall things become themwhich they doe in their paf- fion ;Let vs therefore follow the exampleofthe Spartanes, who would caufe their children tolookevpon theirHellots and ílaucs when they were drunken, that they might be K 2 brought
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