7. What ever personal injury hath been done unto you by any of the enemies of the Churches, you may, you must pass them by, so far as it is a private concernment, and you shall not lose hereby, your forgiveness hastens their ruin. For this cause, as you may read, Numb. 12. 2, 3, 4. God himself took vengeance on Miriam, because Moses was a meek man: see how the mention of his meekness is brought in by way of parenthesis at the third verse, as the cause of Gods proceedings against her, ver. 4. Wherefore my beloved, have any been wronged, and injured by your, and Gods enemies, carry it meekly, carry it humbly, no revenge, no revenge, but all forgiveness. And have they begun to fall before you, let there be much rejoicing, but no insulting, praises, but no insulting, ⟨p. 28⟩prayer still, but no insulting. Let your moderation be known to all, for God is at hand. These are your duties. Which things if they be in you, and abound, in due time Babylon shall fall, and you shall see it; for the second doctrine tells us it.
7. What ever personall injury hath beene done unto you by any of the enemies of the Churches, you may, you must passe them by, so farre as it is a private concernment, and you shall not lose hereby, your forgivenesse hastens their ruine. For this cause, as you may read, Numb. 12. 2, 3, 4. God himselfe tooke vengeance on Miriam, because Moses was a meeke man: see how the mention of his meeknesse is brought in by way of parenthesis at the third verse, as the cause of Gods proceedings against her, ver. 4. Wherefore my beloved, have any beene wronged, and injured by your, and Gods enemies, carrie it meekly, carrie it humbly, no revenge, no revenge, but all forgivenesse. And have they begun to fall before you, let there be much rejoycing, but no insulting, prayses, but no insulting, ⟨p. 28⟩prayer still, but no insulting. Let your moderation bee knowne to all, for God is at hand. These are your duties. Which things if they bee in you, and abound, in due time Babylon shall fall, and you shall see it; for the second doctrine tells us it.
