For he shall know the glory of his
own being in the light of God and of his brother.
But he may have begun to love his neighbour, with the hope of ere long
loving him as himself, and notwithstanding start back affrighted at yet
another word of our Lord, seeming to be another law yet harder than the
first, although in truth it is not another, for without obedience to it
the former cannot be attained unto. He has not yet learned to love his
neighbour as himself whose heart sinks within him at the word, _I say
unto you, Love your enemies_.
LOVE THINE ENEMY.
_Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
and hate thine enemy; but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the
evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even
the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye
more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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