which 15 given thus on our Cheek: rather of than contend tor our Coar taken away in EEG = — = we be in thar Judgment oppreſſed. No Injury can >", * = private Revenge - Ligtit Injuries are not of tn; Nature ne S: the ſhould conrend tor a publick Revenge of them; MET 97 OM ub —_ Sie! UC 4.2 * Live to h.'2 thar asketh thee, and from him »,, ces, that would borrow of thee. turn thou nor away n kg Con In theſe Words our Saviour prefſeth another piece of Py .. wn VIZ. Liberality co thoſe who are Por; who are of tg Ree _ Some, luch as are never able to repay us; to rhuſe ke "Ie "ores: - eth Chriſtians to give, | To him that acheth + | Who hath HO ron ask, and 1n char Order coo which God hath directed _ rg 6 Commanded us to provide for our own Houſhold, and to Page "at Gans all, but eſpecially to the Houphold of F.ith. The cther "ay : and « as may have only a Temporary Want. To thele he "gs cced! us to /end, and nor to turn. away from them, when they defi = find ; borrow of us, and we can ſpare ic. This was an Ancient Pre and tl cept of God, Deut. 15. 7, 8,9. confirmed by Chriit, as a $ in his ot his Will under the Golfpcl, ; IV Thoſe 4.3 You have heard that it hath been ſQiq Tho ter th; {nalr love thy nelghbour. and hate thine enemy, 48 Ti2u ſhalt love thy neighbour as thy ſelf was the old Law of God whicl Levit. 19. 18. The other part, And hate thy Enemy was the Ph Perf riſees Addicion, or rather their Colle&ion ; becauſe the Law oats Texts « Commanded them to Love their Neighbour PT; ignifies fon as 7b 2 times a Friend, ſomerimes more largely any*other Perſon. they om, 0 took It 11 tne ſtri& Senſe, yer they could not be fo blind as fedtion, to exrend it to all thoſe of their own Nation; for, v. I7, they 1s ſignif are two Words uted ; one ſignifying thy Brother, the other my ample. Countryman, whom they are Cemmanded in that Verie nor i co, hate in their Hearts. Eur ic appeareth by Luk. 10. 29. thatthe 15 2 thin did not very wel know their /eightour ; The Lawyer asked wh bour tor my Neighbour * Chriſt inſtruQs him by the Parable of him Fe things w was f.ullen amongſt Thieves, that they ought not to look upon thoſs the high of cher own Country only as Neighbours ; for a Samaritan mi che Lip. 3. 13 deſerve the Name better than a Prieſt or Levite. Bur they th him generally lookr upon all the Uncircumciſed as nor their Neigh _ bur their Enemies, whom the Precept did not Oblize ho ans The Conti, 44. But Iſay unto you, * Love your enemics, ble; I—4- them that curſe you, do good to them thar hate you, * zo be la and * pray for them which deſpitefully uſe you, and F —_— perſecute you. td Birds, Thar this 1s no Counſel of Perfe#ion, (as the Papiſts way! © He exhy have 1t) nor any new Precept added to the Law of God (as the ** citous fo Socimans would have it) is plain from Prov. 25. 21. where we 7 find it Commanded under the Old Teſtament. Neither js ir. / J Al adviſe you, but T ſay unto you ;, which arzueth a Command, 1,1: tc here doth nor ſignifie che Complacency of the Heart in an Otjet ward || which 1s Love in the ſtridt Senſe, but be Charitable unto, ond ; < to your Enemies; nor are we equally obliged ro do good to our Alms ar, Enemtes, as to our Friends; bur it 1s Expzunded by the followins tet of _ Words, and to be underſtood, 1. Of not ſecking unlawful vn done, from vate Revenge. Bleſs them that Curſe you : Do not return Revi 6 Mr ge ling tor Reviling; while chey Curſe, do you Bleſs. 2, Ding fiving of t] them common Offices of Kindneſs, Rom. 12. 20. If thine Eveny Wirks, Att Hunge:', feed him: if he Thir$, give him Drinh. This is dcirg : us of norh good to them th:t hate us, relieving them in their preſſing Ne iy _ of H ceſſiries. 3. Doing them all rhe good we can for their Suk: " wn To Pray for them who deſpitefully uſe you, and perſecute you. So did - Pg take our Saviour, Luk, 23.43. and Stephen, As 7. 60, fo did Dail, 4" 0 ther Pſal. 35. 13, 14, 15. Inthe mein time we may hate thoſe who they ſhe Id are Gcd's Enemies, as ſuch, Pſal. 139. 21, 22. And for ſuch, ne mA e uld may 1ſeck a due Revenge of God's Honour upon them; and fir "REN our Enemies,this Precept prohibits not the ſeeking of a juſt Satif: 2 Ther con tor Wrongs done unto us in a way of Publick Juſtice, je found a T not withour a Mixture of Charity. in the $ | 45 That ye may be the Children of your Father | have wo which is in Heaven: for he maketh the Sun to 1k have we on the evil and on the good, and ſendeth Rain on thi 2 Bur x Juſt, and on the unjuſt, hand knoy As your Heavenly Father hath a common Love, which he & 4 That
tendeth to all Mankind, in ſupplying their Neceflitics wichtle Light and Warmth of the Sun, and with the Rain, as well 254 ſpecial Love and Favour, which he exerciſerh only roward thole ctharare Good, and Members of Chriſt, ſo ought you to have; cho' you are not obliged to take your Enemies into your Bolon, yer you ought to love them in their Order ; and as your Heaven!) Father, (tho' he will one Day have a Satisfaction trom Sinner, tor the Wrong done to his Majeſty, unlets they Repent; yer) 0 heap Coals of Fire on their Heads, gives them good Things 0 Common Providence, that he mighr nor leave them without Wit neſs; yea, and affords chem the ouzward Means of Grace fir their Souls : So, altho? you are bound to feek ſome Saristattton 0! God's Honour and Glory,- from Hagitions Sinners; and tho yo nay in an orderly Courte ſeek a moderate Satisfaction for rlic Wrong done to your ſelves, yer you ought ro love them with 4 Love conſiſtent with theſe rhings ; chat to you may imitate Jour Heavenly Farher, and approve your ſelves to be his Children.
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