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The law, and the Gospel, Moses, Christ, and the Apostles consent together in the forbidding of it, and in many places prohibit it. As in Leviticus, Thou shalt not avenge, nor be mindful ¹of wrong against the children of thy people, but shalt love thy neighbour as thy self. So in Matthew, Ye have heard that it hath ²been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, but I say unto you, resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also, &c. that is, rather undergo a second injury then with a revenging hand requite the first. And this is the sense of that place, which at the first sight seemeth otherwise: for the Lord would not have us when we have sustained any wrong, to pull an other upon our selves, sithence it is a sin not to take heed of an injury fore-seen, when it may be prevented. ••r Christ himself, and after him Paul, when they were stricken upon one cheek, did not turn the other, but did greatly find ⟨p. 150⟩fault with, and complain of the violence that was offered unto them. So in the Epistle to the Romans, Recompense to no man ³evil for evil. Dearly beloved, avenge not your selves, but give place: for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

The law, and the Gospell, Moses, Christ, and the Apostles consent together in the forbidding of it, and in many places prohibite it. As in Leuiticus, Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindfull ¹of wrong against the children of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. So in Matthew, Yee haue heard that it hath ²beene saied, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, but I say vnto you, resist not euill, but whosoeuer shall smite thee on the right cheeke, turne to him the other also, &c. that is, rather vndergoe a second iniury then with a reuenging hand requite the first. And this is the sense of that place, which at the first sight seemeth otherwise: for the Lord would not haue vs when we haue sustayned any wrong, to pull an other vpon our selues, sithence it is a sinne not to take heede of an iniury fore-seene, when it may be preuented. r Christ himselfe, and after him Paul, when they were strooken vpon one cheeke, did not turne the other, but did greatly finde