A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

But why doth the Apostle next to Temperance annex Patience? Quos delitiae non emolliunt, saepè injuriae frangunt. Temptations of pleasure move not in many, whom the sense of injuries enrageth. Men may refrain from hurting others or themselves; therein is Temperance: but others will hurt them, to bear this with a quiet mind is Patience. A Christian may live without doing wrong, not without receiving ⟨p. 136⟩wrong. Objectum malitiae est non malus. The Wolfe will not worry a Wolfe, so long as there is a lamb in the field. This virtue is better understood than practised: like Cassandra, better known than trusted. Therefore admitting that you understand it, I will apply my self to the affections, that you may embrace it. This let me endeavour by leading you through certain gradual considerations.

But why doth the Apostle next to Temperance annex Patience? Quos delitiae non emolliunt, saepè injuriae frangunt. Temptations of pleasure move not in many, whom the sense of injuries enrageth. Men may refraine from hurting others or themselves; therein is Temperance: but others will hurt them, to beare this with a quiet minde is Patience. A Christian may live without doing wrong, not without receiving ⟨p. 136⟩wrong. Objectum malitiae est non malus. The Wolfe will not worry a Wolfe, so long as there is a lambe in the field. This vertue is better understood than practised: like Cassandra, better knowne than trusted. Therefore admitting that you understand it, I will apply my selfe to the affections, that you may embrace it. This let me endevour by leading you thorow certaine graduall considerations.

1 That it is the condition of mankind to suffer. When thou considerest thy self, there is presented to thee a man, a naked man, a poor man, and a miserable man, Bern. Luges hominem, erubescis nudum, contemnis pauperem, doles miserum, lacrymas miserabilem; Thou mournest thy mortality, blushest at thy nakedness, despisest thy poverty, weepest for thy misery. Now, quod ferendum est, feras; what thou must bear, bear patiently.