A Saint Indeed

You are daily grieving and wronging God, and yet he bears, forgives, and will not take vengeance upon you; and will you be so quick in avenging your selves upon others? O what a sharp and terrible rebuke is that, Matth. 18. 32, 33. O thou wicked, and slothful servant; I forgave thee all that debt because thou desiredst me, shouldst not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity upon thee? None should be filled with bowels of pity forbearance, and mercy, to such ⟨p. 128⟩as wrong them, as those should be that have experienced the riches of mercy themselves: methinks the mercy of God to us should melt our very bowels into mercy over others: 'tis impossible we can be cruel to others, except we forget how kind Christ hath been to us: those that have •ound mercy should show mercy: if kindness cannot work, methinks fear should; If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses, Matth. 6. 15.

You are daily grieving and wronging God, and yet he bears, forgives, and will not take vengeance upon you; and will you be so quick in avenging your selves upon others? O what a sharp and terrible rebuke is that, Matth. 18. 32, 33. O thou wicked, and slothful servant; I forgave thee all that debt because thou de•iredst me, shouldst not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity upon thee? None should be filled with bowels of pity forbearance, and mercy, to such ⟨p. 128⟩as wrong them, as those should be that have experienced the riches of mercy themselves: methinks the mercy of God to us should melt our very bowels into mercy over others: 'tis impossible we can be cruel to others, except we forget how kind Christ hath been to us: those that have •ound mercy should shew mercy: if kindness cannot work, methinks fear should; If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses,