'.44 A Commentary apes the G el Chap -5. fee(faith one) the Leeites father in lawmake any means for recon- ciliation but when ten: noncame to his doors, no manenter- taineth it more thankfully. The nature of many men is forward to accept, and negligent to fue for; therein fpend fecret wifhes upon that which fha11 colt them no endeavour. But why fhould men be fobackward toa bufineffeof this nature ? Almighty God = Cor f befeecheth'inners to bereconciled unto him. And, as when a mats goes from the Sun ,yet the Sun-beams follow him, thine on hie:, rf1l.33.8, warm him : fodoth the mercy ofGed fD/low art all the daiet ofour lives. Our Saviour firft tent to Peter that had denied him, and . went to the reft that had forfaken him. elriîlippau (thoughbut a Heathen) went ofhis own accord to eeEfchines his enemy,and. fàid ; Shall we not be reconciled, till we become a table-talke toall the countrey ? And when e/E[chines anfwered, he would aloft gladlybeat peace with him : Remember therefore, Paid 4riflip Laert.lib.z. pm, that although I were the elder and better man irrit unto thee. Thou art indeed, Paid cfEfchines, a farbetter fought then I , for I began the quarrell,but thou the reconcilement. Gull- tineffe is comtronly clamorous and implacable, and none fó averfe to reconciliation,as they that are mat injurious :as he that wrong- edhis brother,thrult away c.Xofes,faying,cyho made they a rrler? &c. wilt thou kill m: í&c. e Ills7 27,2 3. Verle 25. Agree with thine adverfdry gkickly. ] Habent au- Le Ilium Cit ó,Cì, ó.Gods workalto mull be. done with expedition Si qt-i.l pm_ opportunities are headlong, delayes dangerous. Let not therefore jecer , leui the Sun go down upon your wrath, leit it grow inveterate, as it ¡a<n e/t atfi proves inmany, whonot only let theSungo dowry., once or twice, ffen'leriu Pitr:c- but run his, whole race, ere they can findehearts and means tobe ¿ ad Fla ße reconciled. Curledbe tfeir wrath Its it zs deadly. Omyfoul,come rtxrf.iu. ,fir 49,6,7, Not thou into their fecret. I tweremuch tobe wifhed, that as Li- vy hath it, .lmiciri a immortales,inirnicitia ruortales efent, enmi- ties were mortall amongft us,a mities immortal!. Left thine advertry deliver ti. ee tó theJudge] Byhis groans andmoans to God,who is gracious(chough thou arc ltife)and will pay thee for thy pertinacy. Exod.22.26. (and him for his pa- tience) with extremityof law. Compound therefore, and take up the fuitbefore it come to executionand judgement. Suffer it not,as illirusbandsdo,to run on, and charges to grow from term to term, left we pay not.only the main debt, but the arrerages too, the time 4 of Godspatience,c. Tha_LL i`'
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