liues, delightfull to vs, by forbid∣ding anger, taunting and deridinge words, and all manner of vnderualuing one an other, intimated by the words Raca, and foole.
[Affection.] O how happie! how happie were we Christians, my soule, did we liue according to the prescript of this heauen∣ly sweete lawe! O what a heauen should we finde in earth, were our actions framed according to the directions and precepts of our diuine Law-giuer. Our liues, our honours, our goodes and all were in an vndoubted safetie: and our soules would inioy a perpetuall saboath: while noe de∣tractions ruinating neighbours fame would be heard: noe carying of ill reports to one another which is destructiue to brotherly charitie, would be vsed: noe contumelies, contempts and tauntes would be practised Labour the due obseruance of this lawe, my soule, and so blesse thy selfe with two heauens.
Consider how agreeable this brotherly charitie must needes be to our sweete Sa∣uiour, since he doth not onely prouide safetie, and delight of our life while we obserue his holy Lawe, according to that