Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	death_n	saul_n	1,009	5	9.4042	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08054	Of the seaven last vvordes spoken by Christ vpon the crosse, two bookes. Written in Latin by the most illustrious cardinall Bellarmine, of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by A.B.	Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.	1638 (1638)	STC 1842; ESTC S113817	123,392	328

It is written in the history of the life and death of Saint Engelbertus Arch-bishop of Cullen that when he was entrapped by his Enemies in his iourney and slayne by them and he then saying in his Hart Pater ignosce illis O Father pardon them It was reuealed of him that for this one act being in a high manner gratefull to God his soule was not only instantly taken vp by the Angels to Heauen but that being placed in the Quyre of Martyrs obtained the Crowne of Martyrs and after his death was illustrious for many miracles Apud Sur. die 7. Nouemb. O! if Christians did know how easily if themselues would they might be enriched with inestimable Treasure and might be aduanced to high Titles of Honour and glory if so they would suppresse and curbe the perturbations and passions of their mind with a true fortitude would spurne at small Iniuries against them committed they would not be of such a flinty and inexorable disposition to remit or suffer wrongs and offences But they will reply It semeth to be aduerse euen incōpatible with the law right of Nature that a man should suffer himselfe to be betrampled and trodden vpon by other men offered wrōgs and disgraces either in word or deed For we see euen brute Beasts who are carryed only by the instinct of Nature to assault other Beasts their Enemyes with great fiersnes and do labour to kill them In like sort we haue experience in our selfes that if vnexpectedly we meete or fall vpon our Enemy instantly our Choler is inflamed our Bloud begins to rise and boyle and that we haue a desire euen naturally of Reuenge But he is greatly deceaued who thus disputeth and he doth promiscuously confound a iust defence with an iniust reuenge A iust defence is not subiect to reprehension and this i● that which euen nature instructeth vs to wit vim vi repellere to repell and withstand force by force but she teacheth vs not to reuenge an iniury receaued No man is forbidden to resist that a wrong be not offered him But to reuenge an Iniury already committed the diuine Law prohibiteth since this belongeth not to any priuate Man but to the publike Magistrate And because God is the King of kings therefore he crieth out sayth Reuenge to me and I will reward Deut. 32. Now that Beasts with a maine fiercenes rush vpon other Beasts their Enemies this procedeth in that Beasts cannot discerne betwene Nature and the Vice or imperfection of Nature but men who are endued with Reason ought to make a distinction betweene Nature or the Person which is created good by God and the Vice or sinne which is euill and proceedeth not from God Therefore a man receauing an Iniury ought to loue the person but to hate the Iniury and not so much to be offended with his Enemy as to communicate and pity him imitating herein Physitians who loue their sicke Patients and therefore endeauour to cure them But do hate their disease and sicknes laboring with all their skill and art to expell it And this is that which our Maister and Physitian of our Soules Christ Iesus did teach when he said Loue your Enemies do good to them that hate you and pray for them that persecute and abuse you Matth. 5. Neither was our Maister Christ like vnto the Scribes Pharisees who sitting vpō the Chaire of Moyses did teach but did not answerably thereunto But he sitting in the Chaire of the Holy Crosse did accordingly as he taught and preached For he loued his Enemies and he prayed for them saying Father forgiue them for they know not what they doe Now whereas the Bloud beginneth to rise and boyle in men when they see them of whom they haue receaued an iniurie the reason of this is because such men are Homines animales and haue not yet learned to restraine with the bridle of Reason the motions of the inferiour Part of the Soule which is common to them with Beasts But such men as are Spirituales to wit spirituall and know how not to yeald to their owne Passions but to maister and ouerule them are not offended at their Enemies but pitying the●● do labour by curtesies and be●●●●s to reduce them to peare and concord But this many men say is ouer harsh and vngratefull especially to such as being nobly borne are solicitous and so ought to be of their Honour To this I answere that the point here enioyned is easy for the yoake of Christ who imposed this Law to his Disciples and followers is sweet and his burden easy as we read in the Gospell and his Commandements are not heauy as S. Iohn affirmeth Now if they seeme more difficult and burdensome to vs then we expect this falleth out through our owne default in that there is but litle Charity of God in vs or none at all For nothing is difficult to Charity according to that of the Apostle 1. Cor. 13. Charity is patient is benigne suffereth all things belieueth all things hopeth all things heareth all things Neither did Christ alone loue his Enemies though he did in a far more eminent degree then any other for euen in the Law of Nature holy Ioseph the Patriarch did wonderfully loue his Enemies by whom he was sold And in the written Law Dauid did patiently beare his Enemy Saul who sought his death a long tyme. And yet when Dauid had oportunity to kill Saul he euer did forbeare the same Againe in the law of Grace S. Steuen the Prot●martyr did follow the example of Christ who when he was stoned prayed saying Lord lay not this sinne vnto them Act. 7. In like sort S. Iames who was cast downe from a great height by the Iewes and being most neare to his death cried out O Lord pardon them for they know not what they doe And the Apostle S. Paul speaking of himselfe and of his fellow Apostles thus sayth 1. Cor. 4. We are cursed and we do blesse we are persecuted and we sustaine it we are blasphemed and we beseech To conclude many Martyrs and infinite others following the Example of Christ haue easily fulfilled this Precept But some others do further vrge saying I grant we are to pardon our Enemies but this is to be performed in due tyme to wit vvhen the memory of the receaued iniury is partly forgotten and the mind returneth to it selfe as voyde of Passion But what if it fall out that in the meane tyme thou be snatched out of this life and happen to dye and thou art found without the vestment of Charity and it be said vnto thee How camest thou in hither not hauing a wedding garment Matt. 22. Wilt thou not be then dumbe when thou shalt heare the Sentence of the Lord saying Bind him hand and foot and cast him into vtter darknes there shal be weeping gnashing of teeth Therefore I wish thee to be diligent and attent and to imitate the Example of thy Lord vvho in