CHAP.3.2. tí3Cotmnentarie upon the 576 ged butby hi own biood,2nd viII Samuels fentence againfc Agagbe mean'.',. paired vpon him ; that as his (word had made another mans mother childles,fo fhould his mother he made childles by the fword ofthe Ma- gifirate : or if aman in fuch a fight be ( laine, how fearefull is the death offuck a one, who even in thirftingafter another mans blood, bath fhcd bisowne? how can we but conceiue of the iu(lice and truth of that (peach, the feeker ofvengeancebath found it ? bothof themhave t en the [word vncalled,andboth haue iufilyperífhed therewith. 3 Thirdly,others fay,why he (hall doe mecoo wrong,' will not be crof- fed.by him, I hauemy paflion afwell as he, he (hall know that I haue a ftomacke,and can be angry afwell as he, and that I can make my party good inoughwith him, &c. But this is noother , then to giveplace to EPt4'27' thedeaill, who infpirech fuch carnali pleas for fomonfirous a finas is an enemy to all humane focicty. Where is now the vVifdome which is from aboue? it is pure, it is peaceable, it is hardly incenfed. Where is now Pro.,p.xri that vnderffandingof amen, which Salomon faith,maketh him long-fuf- fring ? and if thouproftffelt thy felfe a naturall manonly , why haft thou fo longprofeffed thy felfe a Chriftian;which if thouart,thou mull fecke peace,and purfue it,pocket wrongs,andpaffeby iniuries. ObieEF. But I fhouldneuer be quier,if I fhould put vp euery wrong. But is it the way to tame thy aduerfarie, to become like him?The way tohaue thine ene- mieco become thy friend, isto fcare God , and take his way that thy wales may pleafe him :looke vp vinohis hands, acknowledgechineex- ercife from him,as Dauid slid the lathes ofShimeis curled tongue , and he can cake himoff whenhe leechgood: and what ferueth the iuftice of God for, or for what fetuech the Magiítrate ? is there no iuftice to be gotten at theMagifirats hand ? or is there none inGods hand, that by thine ovine private reuenge thou wilt become broth a Magifirate and a God to thy Idle? Obeli. But I haue longborne his abufes, I haste fought tohim,and it is abootlefte thing to fecke any more,what would youhaue me to doc? Anfw. Yet feeke it fiill, the precept is neuer da- ted,but in full force :and bath not the Lord hisheart, his band , and his tongue to rule,and turne to thy comfort,whenhe feeth it feafonable for thee furely,he that can by Sauls tongue tefiifìe Dauids innocency,euen when he wasout in the fend huntinghis life, can glue thee a peaceable releafe from flanderous tongues,and incurious a6lions, whenhis good pleafure leech good :and if thouneuer findeft thy outwardpeace,yet by this Chrifiian purfuit ofit, thou haft met with the inwardpeace of con- fcience,and haft made a goodexchange. Vfe. Let euery Chri(iian man firme in thepraftifeofthis precept,and provokehimfelfe hereunto by thatpromìfe of blcffednes.,which ispro- nounced
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