I 06 T he indifpe11j{1ble Dury with a. n1adn1an; Certainly an inj urion3·' pcrfon knows not \-vhat he is doing, for he can never wound his neighbour but throug:h <.'? his own fides, nor prejudice another _in a· trifling intereft, without hazardinghis own~ eternal concernq1ent; and therefore he 'deferves our pity rather than 011r hatred. . Much n1ore might be brought to de- , n1onfhatc the rcafonablenefs of what our Saviour calls for in the text: but I hope· . what hf. s been already faid n1ay ft1ffice to' ffop· the n1ourhs of malicious and revenge– ful n1cn, who are ready toquarrel with ito And if this or any other duty feen1 abfurd: o~ unreafonab!e to us, we n1ay learn the· caufe fron1 the apofHe, The carnal jnan re– cei1Jet1i-not the things of tlfe fpirit of God; for th~y aPe foolifJmej:r unto hinz-*. It is the· carnality ofour bean that makes it fee111 fo :: and therefore, infiead ofdifp-uting the duty,. let us endeavour to purify· our foul_s; and: open the eyes of our mind;. and we fhaU find it to be true, which wif.d{)ln faid qf l1er doctrines, They are all plain to, him that zm-derfiam:leth, and rig1;t _to them that fiml knowledge. · But in the third place, the love of ene111ies is ·not only necdfary and reafonable, · but * I Cor. ii. 1 4- ·'
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