itt the Sou! of M at1. 45 The next branch of the divine life is an - univerfal charity and love. Tl r 1e exce • The excellency of this grace lency of chawill be ea!ily acknowledged. rity. For what can be n1ore noble and generous - - than a heart enlarg~d to en1brace the whole world, whofe willies and defigns are levelled at the good and welfare of the univerfe, which confidereth every i11an's interefl:s as its own? He who loveth hi~ neighbour as hin1fclf, can never entertain any bafe or injurious thought, or be want– ing iri expreffions of bounty: he had ra– ther fu:ffer a thoufand wrongs, than be guilty of one; and never accounts hin1felf happy, ' but when fame one or other hath been benefited by hin1. The malice or in– gratitude of men is not able to refifl: his love, he overlooks their injuries, and pi– ties their folly, and overcomes their evil with good; and never defigns any other revenge againfl: his tnoft bitter and mali– cious enen1ies, than to put all the obliga– tions he can upon then1, vvhether they will or not. Is it any wonder that fuch a perfon be reverenced and admired, and ~accounted the darliJ.?g of n1ankind? 'This inward -goodnefs and benignity of fpirit reflecrs a certain fweetne:fs and !erenity u– pon· the very countenance, and 1nakes it atniablc
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