I 11 ( 16 ) others; I mean with what feems to us founded on no ground ; rather than to give occafon to the leaft degree of Dif- cord, and Haired in the World. It is our Duty to forgive the fharpeft Injuries that can be offered us by our Brethren ; nor can we diÇpenfe with this Duty, un- der pretence that it is as much their Du- ty to make us Reparation, and entreat our Pardon, as it is ours to be reconciled to them : Such Interpretations as this would efl:eLually render vain and life- . lets, all the Precepts of the Gofpel to this purpofe. And if in the cafe of pri- vate Perfons and equals, we are indif penfably oblsed to regard Peace and Conconi even tho' they perfift in their unreafona'ble Treatment of us ; certain- ly much more, in the cafe of Superiors, are we obliged to have regard to the fame great Concerns, provided nothing finful be required of us : Becaufè it is their Duty to frame an Ejtabilifhrrnent for us; becaufe they mutt be fuppofed to have framed it according to the belt light they enjoyed ; becaufe they deign no injury to any private Perfon, and becaufe theie can be no Peace without fucli
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