The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

4. In matter of forbearance; and forgiveness; We stand in need of forbearance and pardon from others, from God and men; we should be loath God should take advantage against ⟨p. 258⟩us upon every provocation, and let fly at us with a thunderbolt every time we offend him. We would not have men storm and fall into passion with us upon every sleight occasion; I would have great allowances given to me, I would have my ignorance, and inadvertency, and mistakes, and present temper, and all occasions and provocations, and every thing considered. And when I have done amiss, upon acknowledgement of my fault, I would be forgiven and received to favour. Now if we would be thus dealt with, we must bear with others; the best men need some grains of allowance; Nullum unquam ingenium placuit sine veniâ; no man was ever so perfect, so accomplished, so unexceptionable, but there was some thing or other in his carriage that needed pardon; every man hath a particular humour, we must give some allowance for that; every man is subject to mistake, we must allow for that too; and if a man have committed a fault, we must accept of an ingenuous acknowledgement, and be ready to grant him peace: There is a shame and disdain in humane nature of too vile a submission; therefore we must not bring a man too low when we have him at advantage.

4. In matter of forbearance; and forgiveness; We stand in need of forbearance and pardon from others, from God and men; we should be loath God should take advantage against ⟨p. 258⟩us upon every provocation, and let fly at us with a thunderbolt every time we offend him. We would not have men storm and fall into passion with us upon every sleight occasion; I would have great allowances given to mee, I would have my ignorance, and inadvertency, and mistakes, and present temper, and all occasions and provocations, and every thing considered. And when I have done amiss, upon acknowledgement of my fault, I would be forgiven and received to favour. Now if we would be thus dealt with, we must bear with others; the best men need some grains of allowance; Nullum unquam ingenium placuit sine veniâ; no man was ever so perfect, so accomplisht, so unexceptionable, but there was some thing or other in his carriage that needed pardon; every man hath a particular humour, we must give some allowance for that; every man is subject to mistake, we must allow for that too; and if a man have committed a fault, we must accept of an ingenuous acknowledgement, and be ready to grant him peace: There is a shame and disdain in humane nature of too vile a submission; therefore we must not bring a man too low when we have him at advantage.