Of lovi11g ottr EnemieJ. 141 to converfe with 110J:!e but fuch as are Chri– Stians in earndt, ·we fhould find it no hard n1atter to live in .concord an,d love; we fhould n1eet with no occafion of quarrel and .con– tention ; and iliould only be obliged to love our friends, bcta1::1fe all men ·would be fuch. But well did 'our Saviour know, that his part was to be ftnall ·in the world~ that n1any would oppofe the profeilion, . . and many more would neglect the practice of that religie1n which he taught; and that his followers, befides con1mon injuries incident to others, were to meet witb n1~Jch enn1ity and hatred for their mafier's fake; and therefore, that, a1nidf1: all thefe fl:orn1S, they ·tnight h1aintain that con!l:ant ferene tranquillity, that amiable fweetnefs. and benignity of fpirit,- without whieh they could neither be like hin1, nor hap-– PY in then1felves, he was pleafed to injoil'1 fuch ari ardent affecrio,n and charity towards all 111~11 ~s no negleCt can coo], no injury can extinguifu.. To love thofe who have obliged us, .is that which nature might: teach, and wicked n1en praA:ife; to favour– thofe who have never wronged us, is but a piece of common hum:·anity: bu~ our re– ligion requires us to extend our kindnefs even to thofc who have injured apd abufed us,.
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