,j CHA r. 5. Epif to to the TheffaIonians. Va&. i 5. I- bis enemie at advantage, and let him goe free ? °A thing he thought is quirtagatnfi the Principles of Nature, and _common policte. That Lex Talionù, yea, a ratio, with- out Law, carries with it moil plaufible equitie. Info - much that amongll all the Lords Mil proceedings, none feemes to haue more pleating equitic, than thatwherein he repaies euill men, in their owne kinde. As in' cafe of Adonibezek. And our Sauiour, where bee leades his D ifcijles to a farther firaine, acknowledgeth it a matter aboue the coude of Nature ; and fuck as wherein we ap- proach neerefl: to the nature of Gods Ione. To doe good for good, is Naturall; good for euill, Diuine and toper- natural]. Bee admonifhed to watch againfi it the more, by how much flronger thine inclination is thereto.. And heare notthofe fuggeíions of &l b and bloud, that it is mat- ter of good Metall to be quick of touch ; as forward in returning, as others are in offering wrong. Thinke him wife that Paid, b Flee that conquereth bizyf Ife,,is better than he that winner h a C'itie. The extent followeth5I ' onetoany. The nate is this. i t z nor permitted to any to auerge himfelfe on any for his perfonallwrong!. l'tirate reuenge Le i-aterdrlted, to all in re ,eít ofall.Neither may any be his own caruer,in retailing of wrong, Knowwebytheway ,thereisawidedifference betwixt that reuenge, a Magiflratetakes of Malefàors ; and that which prtuace men perfecure upon the iniuci- :TheMagiffratc Both it by Authoritie, and with war- rant from God ; = whofe Ivuiaiíler he is, auenger of wrath ®n them that d e emit/. For them the Iewes Lawe run ties thus ;There fhallbe eye for eye, tooth for tooth ; the damage doneor intended to the innocent, muff bee turned upon the iniurious. OF privare perlons the cafe is other: of them the precept holds generally, a Auen, a not your (duet. Refifi not trill; rather Puffer a double, than thinke of returning a tingle injurie. Reafons, if any man aske them, 493 a Iudg. r.'. Luke 16. Vfe. bPro,iá34. Ob¡er. eRoni.13 4, 4 Ro111. : i.r 9. to -,>.*'-:xá...-'-f[.+.tSAe.at'.+r_va.a+.i. r, ... ial.° l',_ ,":
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