r-76~ Th'e indijj1en;"able Duty poo'r finful wretches; even while ·we were enemies and rebels to him; how that in all the pa!f~ges of his life, and• all the bloody (cene ofhis fufferihgs; ne 'was aCted by that fame charity and-love to his ene-m.ies which he calls for at our hands. It was this-which n1oved ·hii:n to defcend fron1 lieaven, and clbtlie nilnfdf witH the frailties ofour na· ture, and endure the troubles ofa calan1itous llfc, and ' tlie pains ·of a bitter death, to deliver us- from that eternal :inifery where... ihto we had ·plunged·· ou~felves. And may nor his goodnefs .and h1er:cy ·to us, n1ollify our hearts, an·d overpower· the corruption of o_ur revengeful ·nature, and ;infpire us with earneil: deGres and refolutions· to. in1itate his bldfed ·exampte? After all rhat he hath · ·done and fuffered ·for us; can we·· be guilty of ft:.Ich a ihameful "ingratitude, as to deny liiin this poor fatisfattion and~cknowIedg– ment, to pardon an · enetny -- for his fakci? 1'-Ias he· d/'ed fir uJ when we w·ere his ene– ·tnies, and fhall we refufe to live at peaee with ours? Ren1en1her ·with what patience he endure& the-· contradicllon ·of .finnt;rs a- . ,gainJl·himfi!f; with whar humility he did . con~lefcend to waih the feet of that wid(– ed· n1ifcrcant;· who was at the fan1e tim.e re– fOlved to betray ·hin1·; 'vitn-vi.hat -inildnL§S did l
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