Forgetting of Injuries past is necessary, upon a making of Peace. [ XCIV]
THrasibulus feared,* 1.1 there would be exceeding heart-burnings amongst the Athenians;* 1.2 that those who had been banished, would be revenged on those, they judged the causes of it; and the other would be enraged against them: There∣fore Thrasibulus got the People to joyne with him in a Law, which they called Amnestia,* 1.3 that all former wrongs should be forgotten, and that they should live lo∣vingly and peaceably hence forward one with another, as if such breathes had ne∣ver been amongst them.* 1.4 Thus, when God shall restore peace to a Kingdome or State, and set all to right, the addition of such an Amnestia, an Act of Oblivion, will be very necessary, not to rip up old things, but that there be a line of forget∣fulnesse drawn over them;* 1.5 otherwise, such will be that extream bitter exaspera∣tion, and deadly rage of mens hearts one against another, that whatsoever peace shall be concluded, if it be not made exceeding sure, the Pacification is like to be but the foundation of greater evills to come.