44 We muff eseour Vpon the Fryday 3.Res.,s. Eci'31. Mara. plut.li.de vsir. abcnemr.cap=- eada. Sowe. lib. r. de Clem. Bafil.Hom. ad Adoierc. chur.110m.B0. in Mat. Arift.r.rop. capt. that no man may haue authoritieto reuenge his ownewrongs, be the caufe ne- uerfo iuftand holy. Elias flew foure hundred Prophets, ir was Gods caufe :but God did not giue him legue to kill Iefabel, who had done himfelfe fuch wrong. Saint Peter fentencedAnaniasandSaphira, but notfesod, who imprifo- ned him, andcondemned him to death. Dauid did not takevengeance ofshi- mei, for fearehe should haueexceeded therein, as alto for that it was caul pro- pria,his ownecaufe. The Law ofNature tellsvs, ,4,rtod tibi 'tonsils, alteri nefe- ceric, Doe not that toanother,which thouwouldit not hauedone to thyfelfe. Tobiasno- tified the fame tohis fonne, &uoda6 alieoderis,freri tibi vide ne to aliquando faci- as. And Eccleffaflicus, Learnefrom thyfelfewhat is fitfor thy neighbour. Our Saui- our Chrift hath fet vs downe the fame ruleby Saint Mathew,andbySaint Luke: Innumerable Phylofophers haue repeated the like Lefton. Laertius reporterh of Ariftotle, That giuingan aimesto one thathaddone himmany iniuries, told him, Nature,not thy naughrineffe,makes me to pittie thee. Therewas amongft the RomansaMarcia c. At pleaded inthe Senate for his Accufers; A Tiberius Gracchus, amortali enemieof theScipio's, who duringthat theiremni- tic, defended them in the publiqueTheatre : A MarcieBibulus, who hauing twoof his formes flameby the Gabiani, and Cleopatra fending the murtherers vnto him,returnedthembacke againwithout doing themanyharm ; In Athens aPlato, whomhisfcholler Xenocrates accufingofdiuers fcandalous things, faid, It is not poffible, That him whom I loue fliouldnot loue mee againe. A Pho- cion , who dying vniuftlybypoyfon , andbeeingasked when heehad thecup in his hand,What feruice hewould command them tohis fon r anfwered,That hee fhouldneuer thinkemore of this cup,but ftudieto forget it. Many the like are related byPlutarch,Seneca,Saint Bafil,and Saint Chryfaflome. Laftly, Thisbeing no Lawof God, neitherashe isthe Author ofGrace,nor as the AuthorofNature, it muff needsbee of-the Deuill, as origen inferreth. Forhe fccing that God hadengrauen inmans heart the law ofloue,ftanding(out of his pride) incompetition withGod, heengraued dis-loue, andleft itfoim- printed in the heartsof many, that albeitfor thefemanyAges,Godhash ham- meredbothAngelis and Saintsvpon this Anuile, he could neuer bring them to foftneffe. The occafion thatmight moouethofe antientDoftors to this Law, was,ei- ther for thatGodhad commandedSaul, thathe fhould deftroy Amalec5 or the vengeance that he tooke ofPharaoh and his People ; or that ofLeuiticus,Purfue yourenemies, andtbey(hall fallbeforeyou : as if to enter into a iuft warre,by order fromGod, might allowa man todoe the like tohis brother out ofhis owne willandpleafure : Or,forthat it is commanded in Leuiticus, Theu(halt lone thy friendas thyfelfe : Or as Nicholaus deLyra hath notedit, That theydraw this confequence fromAriftotle, Siamicisbenefaciendum eft ;confequensefi,vtinimicis fit malefaciendum : Ifwemull doegeodto ourfriends, then confequently wemuff doe ill toour enemies. Thoufhalthate thy enemie. Whence itis to be noted, Thatthat Lawwhich gauethem licenceto hate theirenemie, does notgiue them leaue tokill him: though the Deuill many times likes better ofamortall hatred , and adelireof reuenge, than thedeathofaman. For Hatred is that Loaditonewhichdrawes otherfinesalongwith it;but the killingofaman doth vfually bring repen- tance with ir, for the many difafters that attend it. ludas till he had dri- uen his bargaine for the betrayingofhis Matter, had deliuered vphis heart to the Deuill; but that was no fooner performed, but hee repented himfelfe of what
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