Of lovittg our Enemies. · I 67 but alfo a1niable and delightful; it ha~ a ;great dea·l of plea.fure and fweetnefs in it. / .· {)f this I ·confefs. the greateft evidence u1ufl: be had from- the experience and prac– tice of it; the nature even .of earthly plea– fures being· fuch, that onl~ the enjoyrnent can n1akc a man knov: then1. But, though :the full knowledge hereof require a nearer :acqua-intance, yet even thofe vvh.o look at :a diftaQce, may perceive fo1nething .of a– nliablends in it, efpeCially con1paring it with the trouble and uneafinefs 0f that vice .it would deliver us from. ·Malice and re– venge are the moft refl:lefs and tormenting paffionsthatcan po:ffefs the mind; they keep · it: in .a continual hnrry and diforder; they gnaw--a n1an' s heart with anguilh and vex-:– ation, and etnbitter all his en joy1nents; they n1arr the pleafures of the day and in– terupt the repofe of the night. Solomon de- - fcribes thefe n1en, They fleep not except they have done mifili[ef; and their jleep is taken away except they cdufe .fome to fall*· . On the other hand, the meek and peace– able man, whofe mind is brought to a ·com– pliance with this precept, is above the n1a– lice of his enen1ies. It is not in their power · .to vex him. Amidfl: ail the affaults of in– JUnes «<: n • 6 ,.-rov. 1v. I ..
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