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Be not wyse in your owne opinions. Recompence to no man euyll, for euyll. Prouide afore hande thinges honest, not only before god, but also in the sight of all men. Yf it be possible (asmuche as is in you) lyue peaceablye wyth all men. Dearelye beloued auenge not your selues▪ but rather gyue place vnto wrathe▪ For it is wrytten: vengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde sayth the Lorde.
Let none among you so stande in his own conceyte, that to hymself in his owne iudgement he seme a stoute felow and one to be wondered at. Who∣so is suche one, wyll neuer lyghtly geue place to an other. Yf any man perhappes offende you, gyue not checke for checke, ne one wrong for an other. Though suche doynges among Iewes and Panyms be taken for wel done, yet for euil to do euil, afore Christ is deuilish, & so is it for y• nōce to folowe that thou in an other reprouest. Stryue ethe with other of you who can do beste, and labour not onely, that suche thynges as ye do, vpō testimonie of youre owne consciences only please god, but see that it lyke∣wyse be of all men allowed, nor offende the weake person with anye acte that semeth euill. And let your lyfe be so ferre not only from great of••en∣ces, but asmuche as maye be fer from all suspicion of any great offence, y• euen the very noughtie packes fynde in it nothyng to reproue. So shal ye doe, yf asmuche as in you is, ye be at peace, not with christian men only, but also with suche as to Christ are straungers. Wonderful is the po••••r of this diuine and heauenly vertue, as whiche euen compelleth her enne∣mies both to loue her, and also to wonder at her. Yf euery mā labour to be reuēged of his own griefe, peace cannot stedfastly cōtinue. Iewes & Pay∣nyms vse vengeaunce, but yf there be any wrong done vnto you, de••yre you not to be reuenged, but rather gyue place to mennes malyce, whiche with thy patience wyll better weare awaye, than yf thou with lyke doyng and reuengyng more and more prouoke it. If thou with pacience ouer∣come his furie, therin thou gaynest. But and yf he in his rage styll conti∣nue on, let hym not doubte, but that he shalbe surely punyshed. Leaue him to his iudge, which hath from vs taken awaye the authoritie to reuenge, & reserueth it to hymself, as whiche in the Deuteronomie speaketh on this wyse, vengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde sayth the lorde.
Be not wyse in your own opinion.
As muche as is in you 〈◊〉〈◊〉 peaceablye wt all men.