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Updated: May 7, 2025
The watchmen at the gates and the guards who rowed round and round in their barcas were paid out of a special tax collected from the Jews. It was argued that it was all a sort of beneficent police protection, devised by kindly persons who loved their enemies, and did good to those who despitefully used them. The man who can not make a good argument for the Ghetto lacks imagination.
"I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you." On this branch of the subject it is also to be observed, that there is a kind of compensating power among the affections themselves, by which, in the intercourse of men, they act as checks upon each other.
But to 'bless them that curse you, and to pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you' even of malice, of old grudge, and on purpose to vex and afflict our mind, and to make us break out into a rage this is work above us; now our patience should look up to unseen things; now remember Christ's carriage to them that spilt his blood; or all is in danger of bursting, and thou of miscarrying in theses things.
They did not repose nearly so comfortably as could have been desired, owing to the swarms of mosquitoes and black ants, which treated them very despitefully till the morning.
I also am for blessing of them that curse me, for doing good to them that hate me, and for praying for them that despitefully use me and persecute me; and have had more peace in the practice of these things than all the world are aware of. 'Pray for the long life of the king. 'Pray that God would discover all plots and conspiracies against his person and government. 'Will you rebel against the king? is a word that shakes the world. 'Pray for all that are in authority; reproach not the governor, he is set over thee; all his ways are God's, either for thy help or the trial of thy graces this is duty, will render thee lovely to thy friends, terrible to thine enemies, serviceable as a Christian. 'Let kings have that fear, honour, reverence, worship that is due to their place, their office and dignity. 'I speak it to show my loyalty to the king, and my love to my fellow-subjects. With such proofs of his peaceful submission to government in all things that touched not the prerogatives of God; it would have been marvelous indeed if he had taken up arms against his king.
I go by the Scripture rule, which says, "he that hateth his brother is a murderer," and again, "pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you." Besides, Mr. Bragwell, you made it a part of your boast that you said the Lord's prayer every day, wherein you pray to God to forgive you your trespasses as you forgive them that trespass against you.
He seemed always to be ill-treating you," observed Samuel. "So he did, father," answered Dick. "But don't you mind what the missionary said the other day? `We should love our enemies and do good to them that despitefully use us and hate us." "So he did, Dick, to be sure; and I've often thought since then, what a hard matter it must be to do it."
Uther sent after Gorlois by his chamberlain, telling him that he did shame and wrong in departing from the court without taking leave of his king. He bade him to do the right, and not to treat his lord so despitefully, lest a worse thing should befall him. He could have but little trust in his king, if he would not return for a space. Gorlois rode proudly from the court without leave or farewell.
We willingly leave this kind of eloquence to our adversaries, who, whatsoever they say against us, be it never so shrewdly or despitefully said, yet think it is said modestly and comely enough, and care nothing whether it be true or false. We need none of these shifts which do maintain the truth.
By what law can you justify the atrocity you would commit?" "If thou art ignorant of it," replied Burley, "thy companion is well aware of the law which gave the men of Jericho to the sword of Joshua, the son of Nun." "But we," answered the divine, "live under a better dispensation, which instructeth us to return good for evil, and to pray for those who despitefully use us and persecute us."
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