I 50 1 ne i~tdifpenjable Duty To entertain, with pleafure, every bad re– port of thofe who have offended us, and to put the worfi confiruCl:ion·on their doubt– ful actions, is both a clear evidence of our ?atred, and anunhappy method to continue lt. \Vere once th~e love we recommend feated in the foul, it would foon cafi out thofe rdHefs jealoufies, · four fufpicions, ha~.fh furmifes, and in1bittered thoughts;. and dlfplay. itfelfln amore candid and gentle difi)otition; in fair . gloffes, ·an~ .friendly ccnfures; in a favourable extenuation of greater faults, and covering of leffer. It wo.uld inakc a n1an interpret all things in the bcfl: 1neaning they ar_e capable of; and chufe rather to be Jniftaken to his own prejudice, by a too favourable opinion~ than to his neighbour's, by a groundlef~. jealoufy. 1\nd even "in this fenf~ it Jnay be, that charity covereth a multitude offins. Again, The love which we owe tO: encn1ies, excludes all caufelefs and in1n1ode– r.::tc anger: It (ujfereth lo;zg, and is 110! ea.fi– ly pro-voked; endureth all tbing·s. Our Sa– \'iour tells us, that whojo is ang·ry with his. brrither -ri/i thout a caufe, Jl;all be in danger of the jur(_J!;ment :· and if hi$,angeF exceed t~1c caufe, he is equally guilty. All anger is not vitious; we- n1ay be angry, and not · · · fio ..
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