\ ' ,. Of lovt11g, otm E'ne~nies lU5 befal hin1. And he is. a 111iferable pcrfon indeed, whofe delight is in mifchicf, whofc good is the evil·of his neighb?ur•. yea, .I Q1ay fay, that he who returns an InJury rs n1any times more unreafonable than h~ who offered it~ for, he ~who firft wrongs another, bath con1n1only fon1e ten1ptation of advantage by it; which revenge cannot pretenp to. But' if he has done it out of n1ere n1alice, yet he is not worfe than the other who returns jt; there being as much phantaftick p!eafure in fpite as- in revenge~ · both are alike miferable and extravagant. And who are they againft· whon1 we bend our n1alice and revenge? Are they not n1enL_partakers ofthe fan1e nature, de– fcended fron1 the fan1e _fl-ock with our· · .fclves, fellow~citizens with us in this worlct, . and with whom we iliould hope to live for. ever in a better? And ihould. we not bea.r n1uch with thofe who are fo nearly relat:– ed t~ us? Nay 1nore; they are the work– n1aniliip- of God's hands and, for any thing we know, either are, or n1ay becorHe his children and friend~: and dare we pretend any love to God, if we do not fpare then1 fof !J is fake?-And lafHy, _ifthey have doBe us any real wrong~ they are in fo.far foolifn, ' and ddtitutc ofrea(on ·;_andwho vv9uld quarrel with
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