And first, as touching Charity, and its Offices, let us hear how 1greatly the Apostle commends it. Charity, saith he, is patient, and bountiful, and courteous, fitted for every condition of Life: Charity doth not envy, doth not behave it self unseemly, is not puffed up, seeks not its own things, but seeks the good of all; it is not easily offended, nor desirous of revenge; and though it suffer injury, it deviseth not to do evil to any man; it delights not in the wickedness of the wicked, but rejoiceth in the Truth; it suffers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, waiting for better, with an undefatigable expectation. Though other things 2may fail; though Prophecies, and Miracles, and Knowledge may cease, yet Charity will never fail; mutual Love will endure for ever.
And first, as touching Charity, and its Offices, let us hear how 1greatly the Apostle commends it. Charity, saith he, is patient, and bountiful, and courteous, fitted for every condition of Life: Charity doth not envy, doth not behave it self unseemly, is not puffed up, seeks not its own things, but seeks the good of all; it is not easily offended, nor desirous of revenge; and though it suffer injury, it deviseth not to do evil to any man; it delights not in the wickedness of the wicked, but rejoyceth in the Truth; it suffers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, waiting for better, with an undefatigable expectation. Though other things 2may fail; though Prophecies, and Miracles, and Knowledge may cease, yet Charity will never fail; mutual Love will endure for ever.
- 11 Cor. 13. The Offices of Charity.
- 2Charity commended from its duration
