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Show of W~tr 11ntl PeAce fl:rain this licence too , at leafl: in fome meafure) yet are they to be conceived much more to difallow of revenge, be- ,. oc .... 114u-~ pr o caufe they rejeCt th*e .o ld pce r.ma. iff. ion as a-omto, qH.e :t p greeing to a more_ tJnperrevl; tune; not, did poun, in- that jujl revenge u; unlawfull, but becau[e ju~o~um . pattenct is preferd before tt, as it is in the ju~:.~a e.~. Au- Conflitutions . of (Lement • l. 1· c. 2 3· ;~r. 1;[J1t ~~8. Whereof'lertu/lian t faith, Chrift pl.1ir.ly cicaws C. fed teacheth a new kjnd of patience , fo rbiddttferenti<£ 2.J· ding even that recompence of injury,which qu<£ft. Jf.·M was permitted by the Creator, requiring an T Adver . ar- d h h c:on. 4 • ldem eye for an eye , an a toot for a toot : on lib. de patient. the contrary lfe will have the other cheek c.hri~r~s .grA- a!Jo to be ojferd, and the cloa/z.to be yielded · ttamlegz{t~p~r- after the coat. Plainly hath Chrift added danrmd.en sa daimmp,llie-n- t h e.r. r. l h d'f · t · 1e as meet 1upp ements t~ t e t ctp m ti~q, tegi adju- of the Creator, &c. 1 ertulltan WJS of otrice'!' fu4m p.t- pinion, that retaliation of injuries was tiennam prtt[e· forbidden, not ChriHians only, bur that cit IJtlod ea fola b · · d' "l rre· do even to the He rews It was not permit- a 1u1•z lit - • • r IC h llrinJm rctra ted, as a thmg Without rault , but ror t e f!e[14iffet. a voiding of a greater evil. Which is true, no doubt 'of fuch a retaliation that proceeds from hatred , as appears by our former di!courfe. For, that this is difallow' d even by them who among the Hehrews excell' d in wifcdom,a nd regarded not the words only but the purpo[e of the Law, is manifefl: out of Philo; in whom the ~lexanddan Jews, upon the calamitY of Flaccm, the Jews opprdfor, fpeak thus : We are not delighted, Sir, with the !revenge upon our enemy ;for we have /ear-n( d 'the fecond PArt. 33 I ntd out of our holy Laws * to tak.! pity on *Vide Orige .. men. And hither it perteins ' that ChriH: nCce:mlf uamdv erfus exa8:eth of us iodiHinttl y , to forgive all Matt h. "6. 1 _,, that have trefpaffed againfl us ; that is , If. neither to procure nor to wHh ev!l to' them upon [en[e of our evil; for, to 1peak with Claudian, Who rights himfelf doth wrong, in that he Clat.Jd.-fir~t d e{l, Legumq; raws videtur Vindi· Vnto himfelfthe offi~e of the Laws. llam pr~flare . . fibi. For which reafon Laflantuu mentiO-nino that fayino of Cicero; It u the jirft Cicero o.e.of-z, z, h fie. Juftlt:.e ... part:;: Ju11-ict to urt none, except pro- . m u• 'J•. • • d . . pr~mum un .. vo~ by inJury ,ia tth , A goo ientence IS eff;,e cui noceat, fpoil'd by adding two words : and Am_- ~i~ l~ctffitus bro[e fai.th, the lame fentence of (icero IS 111J''r'a· without the authority of the Goipel. But what iliall we fay of revenge, not as it re-f petteth the time paH , but as it provide: th for the future ? Surely this alia Chri£1: "d M fc h b . d fi 11. "f h V1 e o em would ave t? e remlt.te : n~, I e Maim.citatum that hath trdpaffed agamfl us gtve pro- :ab erudiffimo bable teflimonies of a penitent mind t. In Con{bntino vvhich places a certain more plenary re-ltb. de d:~mno miffion is fpo),{en of, fuch as refl:ores the dato 'cap. 3 .r. offender to the right of formerfriendfhip: fEph. 4. u. whence it follows, that nothing ought Col. 3. J 3 • . to be exaCted of him in the name of a pu- Lu. 1 7· 3· nHhrnent. Moreover , though figns of iuc9 repentance be wanting , that ada-mage , not too gr'levous , is to be neigh-ted, Chrifl hath tauglit by the Precept of letting |