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Show "dious f or a g fod 'm(m to remit fomewhat ·' .'{ l~u nght. drifl:id7s )erfwa~~.s ~he ,C~m~s to a conceffion m thwgs of leis moment. He ad.des the reaton : f_or it u lau• :dabte , yoN ~(_now,' even in private men , to be of a fac ilt nature, and bca~ fomc lofs .rflthrr than com.cnd. Xenophon in the fi ~ t of lm Greek_.hifl:ory ; It u the p~rt of rvzfo men, not to go to war; po not for Cfluf es of g reat importance. And Apollonlus1n Phi~ loftraJu s is of th:e fame. mind. . - cxx I I. eAg A itt ' oft he r~rl~tJ!iorJ ofpumfhment. ' ; COnc~rning Puniihments,it is our Duty , tf not as Men , iure ly ~ a s Chrit TheodC'J!ills fha!ls t '. eafily and. willin_ glv- · to• forg1ve was mc..Yed to trelpanrrt s do ne a~,atnlt us,:.1 s "G- od fora..i..v. es pardon the ~ o crim:! of the us in ~hrifl, Ep ht[. 4· 3 2 . . .Not to ue an .. Anriochians l-r , h ith } of ephur "' ,for the 'mortal ofbv rho(c words .f'r:;,fas oft he gt4tltJi) pprodche-tlo neer to the of Chrdl: p1 cf d · . t . · S f p . · f d I h u· JVti1e na ure. enec.a 0 a nnce * • Let 1y 1 e nJ - / . · 1_ J ' !hop F av ·a- ·zrrt v c .-zr more- exorable in hu own that: nm : F ~ rher other menJ wrontrs.' For tU he u not of a . b ~o_rg~ v e rhem: r.cbte ~nincl, who is &ountifH! out of ano-t01 t!. 1 t Y kn 1 ow thers (loclz.; but· ·he 'that out ·of..hu own not w tat t v y f1 . · · . h . h . 'F . . d o. cb,y(ofi : JHJ re J!, tvtt ·to anot . ~r :'[o wtll /.•call hrm 1o. de {t aut~&. Grattous, not , that u '!,tntle tn anotherl ~i . of. antlq. injury , but , who being [purred to revenj!,e ~ - · ~d.;. - • hu own wron~s, re(frdineth himfe!f. who t& err, e CJew. 1: · 1,. 7\Tb· ; .r. r..IP. , ',_ J c. 2. 0 •. t 1tnK.j tt J v 0 te'neJ_s to J u11 er injurieS ,vein[ . • • . in the higheft power' ana that -nothing# more glorious_than a Pri11ce'par1lfJnin,l_·-hu " Offender t· The foc1nd Offender t. Q.uintilian: We wi/lperfwade t ~hryfoftom a Prince to dejire more the praij'e of Hu.- faah,C lcmen· mttm.t y h h l .r. f rrl.. cy s an orna- ~· t an t e p eaJHrc o ... ~venge. mem to all Cicero fets .it a5 the fairefl flower in ( .:e- men} moft of far's Garland , that he uled to f orget nfJ .. all to " R uler. thing but iniuries. Livia in a fpeech to F.or, to tij.le ,/J. ! ,/J. . . lumfdf, and ~ugtt1~us tn '1J 1o: ~op are of optntin, obey the Di .. that Rulers ought to punijh ojfen[es againft vme Law, is the (tJmmon weal, but d•Jfemb!e and con, moft honounive at ~hofe againfl themfeives. ri.Antor h~l>~e ~ th~ ninus the Phitofopher i_n his 0Tation to v~t~ur?~; ~he Senate ... ' Revmge of his own wrong taude Clemen· is never ?leafing in an Emperor , whtch , ~.e. though vny juft , feemeth very (harp • . Apud P_ulca .. A b: .r. · h" E ·l1l rrl 1 ,r; tmm Galhca- m roJ e m IS p 1 1 e to 1 ;? eo~J o1r us : num v ita A vi· You have forg :'ven 1 he Antiot:hrans the dii cajfidii. wrong they d:d your M a_)e(/ie. And The- Auguft. in ~pi(l. miftius in the pr3:~fes of the fame T heodo- I 'J4:ad Banifat·. Jists to the Senate; It is the part of a good conmbem: Re· F . ' J · RlCI11 er to . rmce, to overcome the in:urifJu s, not hy give a fpeedy revenge , but heneficem:e. The magnani- pardon, if ono mous lllan, ac·cordino to Ariftotle is not bath t.refpaf+'• ui~.out • mindfull of jnjuries. Which is fed'-:~g<\inft h " c· 7\T h h t hce,andcry• • t us m tctro: ~vot ing is rf!Ore wort 'Y o[erh mercy. · A Br11ve man,than placability and clemen- De Offic. (. cy .Eminent examples of this excellent ver- ?{jhil mag~o & ~ tue are propofed to us in the Ho1 y Scnp- p~.ec!aro vzrs. ",r .f N d d1gm~~& pl•cabJ- ture, .tY.LOJes, um. l ~· 12. at. David, htate& (lc- 2. Sam. 16. 1· And th1s hath place, then mentia. · efpecially,when either we alfo are confci- . ous to our fe~ves of fome dfenle , or that which is done .againfl·us pt.:oceede~h frotl\ fome .human ~Dp excufab1e in~r111ity , or it · r ·,., fuffiq~ndy. appea~s J that A he 1~ ptnitenc. ·• , w~o |