I 52 The indi)penfable Dut:J advices. And though we ihould not takg this precept in its ftricrdl: and literal fignifi– cation, yet this. we mufi know, that the. fatne paffion and refentn1ent.which was in– nocent and rational in its firfl: rif~'",. nuy l_,e– come vitious. and cri.minal. by its continu':" ance. Anger 1nay kindle in the breafl: of a wife n1an, but refts only in the bo/om of a f ool: And this will lead us to a third thing which, t.he precept in our ~ext does condemn. t. The love of enen1ies here ~otnmanded, does excludeall. rooted malice and rancour, proceeding from the n1emory and refent- · ment of injuries, after the prejudice and' J1arn1 fufl:ained by them is over. Certain~ ly ther.e is nothing n1ore contrary to cha– rity, than a peev..iih run1inating and poring 911 the offences we have n1et. with; and their men1ories are very ill employed who feldon1 remember a courtefy, or forget a wrong-. It is ordinary for fome who dare not prdfefs intentions.of revenge, to exprcfs their refentmcot infome fuch threatening as this; That they will forgive the injury, put never forg~t it. I hope they do not · mean, they will pafs it at this; time, and revenge it afterward. This.would ·but make .the !in the greater, by Seing n1orc ddiber~- atc.. Is it then that they int,end then1 nQ · hann,
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