. Christianity as old as the creation, or, The gospel, a republication of the religion of nature. dto the then way of fpeaking. Oar Saviours faying,* It have heard that it hath been [aid. Thou fc alt love?thy Neighbour, ry hate thtnt Entrny; Divines have, invain, puzzld themielves to find out that text in theOld Law; for coud they find it as they do othertexts, that our Saviour in the fame chapter, by thisway of fpeaking, refers to, it wottd only , thatthe Divine precepts were not confident with oneanother. Indeed, St. Paul fays, f If thy Enemy hunger,feed him, if he thirjt, give him dri
. Christianity as old as the creation, or, The gospel, a republication of the religion of nature. dto the then way of fpeaking. Oar Saviours faying,* It have heard that it hath been [aid. Thou fc alt love?thy Neighbour, ry hate thtnt Entrny; Divines have, invain, puzzld themielves to find out that text in theOld Law; for coud they find it as they do othertexts, that our Saviour in the fame chapter, by thisway of fpeaking, refers to, it wottd only , thatthe Divine precepts were not confident with oneanother. Indeed, St. Paul fays, f If thy Enemy hunger,feed him, if he thirjt, give him drink , for in fo doingtbou Jhalt heap ccah of pre on his htad: + But treatinghim thus,cant fure be an argument of love; fincetisin order to have divine vengeance fall on his head. B. CoMMEKTATORi agree, that thefe Preceptsof our Saviour are not to be taken in the ptein, obvious,& grammatical meaning of the words, but are to befo explaind, limited, and rcflraind, as belt, ferve topromote human happinefs. ... .. * Mai. e. 43. f Ram. II. 10. i Pfalm iS. 8. 13. no. 4. 140^ 10, ?jjva^^yw. ^^H
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