Chap. 5. 4CCOreihogtoStMATTH E ?I, 167 Verfe39 But1 fay untopro, that yereffl' mot evil.] For here torefit}, is to be overcome, faith S. Paul, Rom,' 2.2r. And in a in rixa, ú infe :natter cf finite or difagreement, hebath the worft that carries ir, á e 4ui vi faith S,Bafìl. yea 4riflotle himfelfheyecideth, that ofthe twain ael, it is better to liar the greatefl wrong, then to doe tht lean, ,wHYá Hrov, And it was a heavy challenge and charge upon thof: carnali Co- Arrtt, Etb,c. rinthiánr, that had 11rife, dsvifions, and law-faits amongf them; why doeye net rather takewrong ? why doe yenotflieryour (elves to r Cor.6_7,3. be defrauded?Nay,yors doe wrong,and defraud,and that your brethren. Beltbe not deceived,faith he, to wit, with vain hope ofimpunity,far No minas ma, 1i eft; erne in. cjodi.r the avenger ofallfuch, as like the angry $e.,eare not tofling uriamfquèm; another, though it be ro the folkof theirown lives. Betides that, nferre.La&xn. in refitting evil, wegive place to the devil, whom if by patience and forbearance we could rc1i , he would fly from us. We wreft'le Epheí 6.1z, not againfl fieJh andbloxd (as we thinke we doe, when we eonfliel cur adeò labo- with men like our (elves, that have done us injury) but againi raraur utcifecn. principalities and powers,&c. g. d. whiles we arehate inbreaking d' inf boil. thofe darts,rhat men (hoot from afarreagaina us; we are oppref- nun, injur s t fed by the devil nearer -hand us, Fp!ref.4,26 Here by the way, qumhæctet Magittrates muR be admonifhed to take heedhow they aggravate eozinas project punishment upon a malefaelour, out of privat :grudge : Parents franga:aus, à an and Matters, how they corred in a race and fury. For al- d:abolo oppri- though they be publike perlons, yet to gig e, correction in a ehc_ m. irur Rotc:c, lcrick mood, is to eat, their heart, by way of reven;e, it is a de- to tocuus. 'greeofrefitting evil. The tyrant faith, uci, it is in my power to doe it ; the good Governour faith, to í irf 460ì9 it concernethme to doe it,in point ofduty,quoth a Philofopher. But whofoever /hall fmite thee on ,the right cheek] ;Socrates a Heathen,when h: had received a box on the ear,ant ç eréd, \Vhat Q:aamn mete¡?u an ill thing is it, that' men cannot, fore -fee when they fhouldput eft n'l `;e to,ri. on a helmet,before they góabroad ? And when he was k!cked by àiraldebáúYDe another, if an Affe íhould kick me, laid he,Qzáuld 1 fpurn him z again? B tt wehave thof:, that profctling to be Chritfians, left '- they fhould feem to be Anabaptifls, in taking t wo.blows for orie, willgive two blows for one, yea for none,íoretimes., it is but a word anda blowwith them, as it was withCain, Cameo.,, F1 u, who laid, Thedaies ofmourningfor myfather are at hand,then 1'»ill Gei Ay my brother Jacob. In which words he either threatneth leis eX... tither (as Luther thinketh)for blefling his Erather, q. d. I will be' the deathofmy brother,and tocaufc any fattier to mourn ; Or 4Ce M 4
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