Do to all as you would
Again: we would have all men love and esteem us, and behave toward us according to justice, mercy, and truth. And we may reasonably desire that they should do us all the good they can do without injuring themselves: yes, that in outward things (according to the known rule) their superfluities should give way to our conveniences, their conveniences to our necessities, and their necessities to our extremities. Now then let us walk by the same rule: let us do to all as we would have them do to us. Let us love and honor all men. Let justice, mercy, and truth govern all our minds and actions. Let our superfluities give way to our neighbor's conveniences (and who then will have any superfluities left?). Our conveniences to our neighbor's necessities, our necessities to his extremities.
1771 text
26. Again: we would that all men should love and esteem us, and behave towards us, according to justice, mercy and truth. And we may reasonably desire, that they should do us all the good they can do, without injuring themselves: yea, that in outward things, (according to the known rule) their superfluities should give way to our conveniences, their conveniencies to our necessities, and their necessities to our extremities. Now then let us walk by the same rule: let us do unto all, as we would they should do to us. Let us love and honour all men. Let justice, mercy and truth govern all our minds and actions. Let our superfluities give way to our neighbour’s conveniencies: (and who then will have any superfluities left?) Our conveniencies to our neighbour’s necessities, our necessities to his extremities.
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Sermon 30 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 7:1-12.
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