Ofl~ving ou·r Enemies 175 ' that dufl: whereunto w~ mufl: all 1hortly return,. we .fuould more eafily lay down our quarrels and animofities. While we contend about fmall things little do we confider that death is .cotning on apace, and will fwallowup the victor and the vanquiih– ed; him that is in the right, and him that is in the _wrong. Look back upon the . pr~vate contentions, or publickcom~notions, which infefted the world an hundred years ago~ where are they who n1anaged them? They are all gone down into the dark and filent grave. .Death bath decided their · . controverfies, and within a f~w d:;tys it will do fo with ours, and fend us all to plead -our caufe before our great judge; and it will go ill withus, if we appear there in n1alic~. Therefore, why fhould our hatred he long. -fince our life is fo fhort? One would think .we fhould find better e1nployn1ent for the fuorf time we have to fpend here• . But, lafHy, and above all, let us propofe tQ ourfelves the bleffe9 exan1ple of the ho– lyJefiu; who whetJ }e '!Vas reviled, reviled .not again; when he fo/ferea he· threatened ,· , not; but committed himfelf to bini that jttdg- · •eth righteoujly. , Let us frequently remember what great things he hath done .and fuffered for us poor
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