C Convmentarie uponthe Soo fcandalous or outragious, thisvertue correð themwith all lenity & 3 mercie, euen in themidi{ offeueritie. 3.It giueth moß gentle connru- étions& favourable interpretations vetoambiguous fauns and fpeaches, yea, and lenefieth fuch as might feememore harth, and not fo confide- rarely done or fpoken. 4. But themoß proper andcommendable work ofit, is thedeparting from, and remittingofhis owne righc,vnto which it will not fuller a man to nand fo ßrily, but that for peace fake he will yeeld and glue vp fome part of it. The which that we may the more fully conceiue, we muß confider that howfoeuer the lawes of Godare perfe&R, and admit nor of any di- fpenfation, relaxation, or mitigation, yet the lawes ofmen Are like rhé- felues,perfe& onely in part, and io that they are deuifed by men,cannoc poffibly hold In all cafes alike: hence haue wife law-makers prefcribed their lawes in their greaten extremitie, thereby to curbe the wickednes and prefumption of men; the which laws Via theexecution they Ihoukl be euer nretched to thefurchefl extent, this extremitie of 14W0' would prooue extremitieofiniurie, and be turned into vnmercifulnefre andcru- eltie it Idle. Then commeth in this vertue,and looking vnto equity,fet- tech vp a chancerie in the confcience,andrrouideth a remedy for the in- nocent, where the common lawehath no prouifion. The thing will c,rord,rini yet be plainer in fome examples. The lawe (iuflywarranting in fome sn quig. cafes, tome extremities ) giueth theekaue to fue thy bond, and take the forfeyture of an t oo. for non payment of fifty by a. day ; it giueth thee leaue to reenter into thinehoule, and to take into thy hands a forfeited leale offorne pooremans, that thoumain gaine to his veerundoing 7. t i. 2o. or more or fewer yeares,for-norpairnent of thequarter or yeares rent at the day appointed : thepoore borrower or tenant for neceffitie and want,or Come other accident,breakech his day; to take here the for- feiturewereextremitie ofiunice; to can out a poore man, were vnmer- cifull extent of lawe: both maift thou doe by lawe, but in doing either, thou (halt doe alto extremitie ofiniurie, and the iuficeofthe lawe will not free thy confcience from iniunice. Inthis cafe then this Chrifian vertue driueth thee to take chine own,namely,the principall,andequal- ly con fideringofthe damage thou funainen for want ofpairnent, mer- cifully to facisfie thy Idle therfore;and if further thou goeß,thou finnefi againftGod, ágaintt thy brother, notdealing with him as thou wouldtt haue an other to deale with thee; and againn the very law of forfeiture it felfe,which was not appointéd for thy aduancage further then the fe- curing of the principali. Againe, the lawe of man giueth thee leaue to make the moß of thine owne; but if hence thou (halt by racking thy rents, andhoyting thy wares, torne, or other commodicie grinde the faces Summum ins Cumma inmria.
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