Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

2 If thou hast truly forgiven thy offending brother, thou wilt willingly embrace occasions of doing him good, that so he may know and be assured that thou art reconciled to him.¹ This our Saviour requireth of all his Disciples, where he saith, Love your enemies, i. e. those who have any way wronged you; and as an evidence of the truth of your love, he addeth, Do good to them that hate you; intimating, that it is not sufficient that you speak friendly and peaceably to your enemies, but you must likewise take all occasions of doing them what good you can, which is true Christian love and charity.

2 If thou hast truly forgiven thy offending brother, thou wilt willingly imbrace occasions of doing him good, that so he may know and be assured that thou art reconciled to him.¹ This our Saviour requireth of all his Disciples, where he saith, Love your enemies, i. e. those who have any way wronged you; and as an evidence of the truth of your love, he addeth, Do good to them th•t hate you; intimating, that it is not sufficient that you speak friendly and peaceably to your enemies, but you must likewise take all occasions of doing them what good you can, which is true Christian love and charity.

1. 1Mat. 5▪ 44.

Having thus spoken largely to the first head of Examination, namely, our graces; I come now to the second, namely, our sins; wherein I shall study brevity. As it is the duty of every Communicant to examine himself concerning his graces, so likewise concerning his sins, which are like that accursed thing, whereof God speaketh to Joshua (Josh. 7. 11