CirA ?.S. E/'i/Ik to the 7hefalonians. Vn& i 5. to ferdowne all particulars of their Plea. There bee that thinke it a point ofpolicie, and bell way to reprerre the violence ofan aduerfrie, to be as quicke in returning, as others are in offering wrong ; As good as hee brings, feernes a found Rule; &that is pleafing of the Heathenifh Polititian,Yetere csndonando ininriim inurtas nou ons. Let vs learne to be wile according to the Word of God; and thinke our belt h wifdone to ffand in obedience. There is another fort, and theyrout of' theirmanhood, and ambition in that kinde,alas, how much bloud defile they their foules, and the whole Landwithall ? A word of' difgrace may not be diget}ed without blond. The queflion of tingle Combates I meane not to enter. That laying of Bernard I would commend to all inch mens remembrance; what euer the itlete is in fuch cafe, their foules are guilty of Murcher. If thou die in fuch fight, moreris homicida, If thou liue, vials homicida. And it is infalix viîloria, vbi faperans viram faccumbis vitio. Labour wee to poiTefáe our foules -with Patience and Meekeneife; that no prouocation of any Aduerfary, may make vs Vfurpers of the Lords Authoririe. To this end confider,what Tertaaliian hath truely : Betwixt the offe- rer acrd requiter of wrong, there is this ods oncly. Firft, One goer before, the other follower to mill. dmbo neelaam. Secondly, Remember whofe 1 providence Pyles and di- reC s the malice of the iniurious. Thirdly, In patience, expel} Come good for that euill. Fourthly, At leafl;,hin- der not a polli ble reconcilement. The fecond branch of the prefcript followeth ; Euer follow that which is good., Wherein, are Firft, The duty. Follow that which it good. Secondly, The extentrefpats, FirfI, Time ; euer. Secondly, Perlons, towardtj,essr felsies and to oilmen. In cafe of iniurie, it fuf iiceth not tobe innocent, but it is required alto that we be beneficent ; yea, ro an Ad- uerfarie. So runnes the Precept peremptory ; Blefetheno H h that 495 h Deut.i4.6. Bern. ad mi -, litesTempli.c.t. Teruel. dept. tientia. isSam.14. ro. O6fer.
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