48 We mua loueont Enemies and forgiue their Injuries. Gm. sq. ECCle.at. Te loueour Enemies i againft nature Vpon the Fryday ofanother : andas it isin theProuerbe, Elvencido,y elvencidor perdido,The con- queredúcrufht, andthe conquerourundone. Inthofedifferences betwixt Efaa, ànd Jacob, their motherfaid,Cur vtrogaeorbaborfilioinvna die Whyfhould Ibedepri- tied ofbothmyfcñnes inaneday. Fourthly theprofit that tòllowes thereupon. Plutarch bath awhole Tra&De vtilitateab inimiciscapienda : and there is notanyman,from thebeginnng of the world to this day that bath receiued any hurt fromhis enemie , butfrom himfelfe, asSaint Chryfjiomeprooueth at large. Fifthly, Umpires, to whomfortheirhoneftìesand authorities fuck bufinef- fesare oftenreferred. Andifthefehumane refpe&s fhall fwaywith thee,Why not Godmuch more e whofeaurhoritie, whofepower,whofe loue,whofe be- nefits hauebound thee fait vnto him in fomany linkes andchainesof dutie. And if Godbe not powerful' with thee , Howdareft thou prefumeto aske him daylyforgiueneffeof thy fines,when thouwilt not pardon thyenemie Saythouwertwithout finne,but alas,theyaremore than the hairesofthyhead; fay thouWert exempted frompunifhment, or from Gods fauour ; butin the one thouart miferable, and without the other thoucanft not breath : And therefore feeingof neceffitie thoumutt hourely fleevntohim for fuccour, and forhis fa- uour, How canft thoulookehim in the face howfpeake thyfelfevntohim,or any onefor thee e Kure exorauitpro ddiiïir clue ? Who entreatethfor his opes 3 Thouwilt riot haue God for thy fecond , howcanft thou then hope to haue a fecondwithGo.de Forthat feruantwhich owedhis king ten thoufand Talents, manyofhis feruants in meere pittie interceded for him at the firft 5 but after the debtwas forgiuenhim, andthat hee was readie to teareout his fellowes throat forá Pieceof three pence , or the like triflingfumme ; thofeverie men that entreated for him,complainedofhis crueldealing, &Isexorauitprodeliclii eius,Who entreatedforhis offences ? Befides, giue me leaue to askethee this quefti- on,Forall the it that thouwifheft to thine enemie,thou neuer praieft vnto God, that hee fhouldwith him ill. Rutrfay vntoyou. This wordPabis,vntoyou,carries álfo an 'emphafis with it, oppofit to that emphafis ofEgo.Thou thatart nothing,againfthim thatis euerie thing : thou that vanifheft like a fhaddow,againfthim that is, was, and fhall be : thou thatart weake, againfthim that is all powerandMaieftie: thou thatart ig- norant, againft himthat is infinitely wife. Diligiteinimicos rveftros- Loue your enemies. This is thegreateft temptation, and theftrongeft incounter that our flefh is put vnto. Saint Augufline,making a repetitionofall the Commandements,none is harder to bee kept, than that of louing ourEnemy, and brideling inthe appetite of reuenge,againft him that fhall perfecute, defame vs, and Paine our goodname, fait enim cum inueneritinimicam, dirnittet earn inviahona,Who,when he Andes his Enemie,willlet himgoe4way infafetie ? SofaydSaul: What amatter will it bethen,to loue him,to cherifhhim,and todo himcurtefiese Redime mea calumnÿs hominem, vtcollodium mendata tua,(i.)Keeprrefrom theflandçrs ofmen that may keepe thy commandements. Whereby it feemeth, thatDauidhauing Pet before him all thecommandementsof God, the flanders ofhisenemies did fo cowe his refolution, that hee fayd; O Lordif thoudooft notredeememee from this rod, I Thal hardlybe ableto ferue theeas I would. lob, being in all his aftli&ions a rock ofconftancie and patience,when flanders were throwne vponhim,heewas driuen quitebefidehisbyas. Q e l fortitudo mea
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