k Níat. f. 44: Rom. a.zo. CxA P. , A Expojtion von thefzrfi V&[i 1 S. that'ctsrre ; k doe good to them that hurt yon. t If thine ene- my hssnger, fed him; i f s chsrfl, Qiue him drinl¿e. Excite- ments we bane many. Firli, our heauenly Fathers exam- ple, not only bearing wich long patience thole that pro - uoke hi in, bur ',earn", his benefits vpanthem,folong,faith Tertulltan, till hee (offer man co detract from his glory : and begin to thinkc there is no prouidence of God,.ta- king notice ofwens flumes. Thus the great God ofHea- ucn:cnd Earth, whole Children we are, if we follow his Ceps : And of whole Fatherhood wee can haue no alit. ran ce,except in this point we flriue ro relernble him.The Saints of God haue herein gone before vs. That ofL fo- fes is remark cable ; fo Toone forgotten by a froward people, fometimes ready to ftone him, yet m how care - fì,1 t.nterpo[th lee him fetireixt Gods wrath & them?Like reade we of Dauid toward his enemies ; "Stephen to his Perfecutors. If thefe Reafons fufticenor ; confider, our Sauiour being fudge ; wee cannot bee allured that wee haue in Charity any thing fupernaturall, vntiïl wee come to this firaine. To doe good for good, is common cuen among Publicans : to ahflaine from euill doing, when wefuf er euill, perhaps, or without perhaps, wee (hall finde in Tome Heathen. Seneca could fay, As his ad- uerfary had learnd to raile, fo he to contemne. Hee bath nothing in Charitiefupernacurall,thar comes not to this height, that he is ready to requite ertill with good. Mòreouer, faith `Patsi, iris the only way to ouercome the malice ofanaduerfary, and to meeken his rancor : ° Thon 'bait heape toles of fire on his head. The meaning, is nor, that we (hall encreafc Gods vengeance on harm ; that were to giue way to private reuenge : but thole toles of ,fire are, faith A v G v s T I N E, * d'rertes perni- tentice ?errtitau ; wherewith the malice of an Aduerfary is cured ; when he is brought to mourne, that euer bee was enemic to him, by whom his wants haue beene re- lecued. Sec inftance pin Saal. The * 411,4 . de dahon.c.hriß. \1i5. 3. tep. 16. lrzSzm.i4.t6.
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