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CHAP. XXX.
That they are patient in suffering of wrongs, for Gods glory.
3. THe Children of God are patient in suffering wrongs, for Gods glory; left Philosophy should seeme more operative in her Dis∣ciples, than Divinity in hers; lest nature and insidelity should boast it selfe against Christianity. It is a saying of Sen••••a, He that is not able to set light by a sottish injury, is no Disciple of Phylosophy. And the examples before rehearsed shew, that Socrates, Plato, Aristippus, Aristotle, Diogenes, Epictetus, Phi∣lip of Macedon, Dion of Alexandria, Agathocles, Antigonus, and Caesar, were indued with rare and admirable patience; whereunto I will adde foure o∣ther examples: Philip of Macedon asking the Em∣bassadours of Athens how he might most pleasure them; received this answer, It were the greatest pleasure to Athens that could be, if you would hang your selfe; yet was not moved a jot, for all his might was answerable to his patience: why? hee cared not so much to revenge the evill, as to requite the good.
Polamon was not so much as appalled at the byting of a Dog that tooke away the brawne or calfe of his leg; nor Harpalus to see two of his Sonnes laid ready