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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thou livest by Forgiveness, should a stop Be put thereto one moment, thou wouldst drop •nto the Mouth of Hell. Then let this move Thee thy dear Brother to forgive in Love.1
- 1Eph. 4.32. Mat. 18.34, 35. Chap. 6.15. Chap. 18.
And we are bid in our forgivenesses To do as God doth in forgiving his.
If any has a quarrel against any, (As quarrels we have oft against a many) Why then, as God, for Christs sake pardons you, For Christs sake, pardon thou thy Brother too. We say, What freely comes, doth freely go; Then let all our forgivenesses be so. •'m sure God heartily forgiveth thee, My loving Brother, prithee forgive me;
If any has a quarrel against any, (As quarrels we have oft against a many) Why then, as God, for Christs sake pardons you, For Christs sake, pardon thou thy Brother too. We say, What freely comes, doth freely go; Then let all our forgivenesses be so. •'m sure God heartily forgiveth thee, My loving Brother, prethee forgive me;