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is kind unto the unthankful and the evill* 

 Cicero in his Gratulatory Oration to C*far 

 for M. Marcellus, makes him that forgives 

 Enemies, and reftores them to their former 

 Dignities, like to God : Non ego ilium fum- 

 mis viris comparo^ fed'Deo fimilemjudico. 



i. Teace and Joy, and confidence to- 

 wards God is a neceflary confequent of Obe- 

 dience to his Commandments, ijohn 3. xi. If 

 our hearts condemn tt* not y then have u>e 

 confidence towards God; and whatsoever we 

 ask) we receive of him^ becaufe we keep hi? . 

 Commandments^ and do thofe things that are 

 f leafing in his fight. Delight and Pleafure^ 

 and fatisfaftion of Mind, inward Peace and 

 Tranquillity natuf ally follow religious A6H- 

 ons: When a Man hath done his Duty, and 

 fpent his time well, he can refleft upon his 

 doings with comfort; he is not afraid to 

 review his Life paft, and call himfelf to 

 an account for what he hath done ; Res 

 fever a eft verum gaudium , faith Seneca : 

 'Dnde fit interrogas? dicam; ex bond con- 

 fcientid) ex honeftis confiliitj ex reftis affi- 

 onibw : True joy is a fever e thing: "Do you 

 ask whence it comes? Til tell you; from a 

 good Confidence j from honeft Counfels y from 

 juft Actions. A good Conscience is faid to 

 be a continual Feaft : The Poet refembles 



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