The Jmnfulnej of Sinne. provok'd by the adverfe party, ipoyled their ownet,utrncs though farre the better,. with imprudent, and intempe- rate handling. Secondly, when thou art upon anyrivìll controver¡ie or debate for matter of right, looke unco thy heart, take heed of that f ede of madnelie which lies lurking in it, lei} upon occation of lawfull controv.erlie, there breake out rage and revenge upon the pertòns of one an her. I is not for nothing that the Apof }le faith, There is utterly a fault, among" you becau[e you,goe to law with one ano- ther, I Cor.6.7. Why ? The Apottle loth plainly allow Iudicature, v. i. e/?man may go to law before the Saints, they' may judge fmall matters and things. that pertaine to ihrs life, ver. 2. 3; 4: And for any man from fucka place to infer the unlawfulneffe of fining to publike jut }ice for his right, is a piece of 4nabaptifine and folly juttly puni. Ì, (bed with the lolle of his right. What then is that that Impotency and defeo} which the Apolile blamerh in them ? It confitieth in two things, firfl their going to Law before the Heathen Iudges,thereby etipotïng the pro fèfiion of Chriaianity to imputations of f chifine, divifi. 'ons and worldlineffe among!} the enemies of it: In which cafe rather than put a rub unto the pro ,retl'e of the Gof pell by giving unreatónable men occafîonto centime the 'truth thereof by their alterations, and making the mini - fiery evil! fpoken of liy their tcandaIs, they were to fuffer and to Beare wrong. For thofe words, Why doe yoss not rather take-wrong, and fM f fer your /Elves ro be defrauded, are not a `Pofs tive precept as Julian the Apofta: e ob j eó }ed tcornefully to the Chritlians, when he IN ould have deni- 'ed them the protection of the Imperial] 'awes ;;unlef e it .bee i !molter injurie,, which may with more witèdome, bee borne by patience, than by contention repaid or o- vercome; but onely a Comparative precept,. that a man liould rather chufe to leave h sname,life, etfate, goods, interel }s, utterly unvindicated, than by defending them un- r.r, Naziare. Oral. 3 In tc;- va in fidian.t
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