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J A Y TO JOHN MURRA Y, JUN. 407
save thee." Again : " Say not, I will do to him as he
hath done to me. I will render to the man according
to his work." And again: "If thine enemy be
hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty,
give him water to drink ; for thou shalt heap coals of
fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee."
But a greater than Solomon has removed all doubts
on this point. On being asked by a Jewish lawyer,
which was the great commandment in the law, our
Saviour answered : " Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind. This is the first and the great commandment, and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." It is
manifest, therefore, that the love of God and the love
of man are enjoined by the law ; and as the genuine
love of the one comprehends that of the other, the
apostle assures us that " Love is the fulfilling of the
law."
It is, nevertheless, certain, that erroneous opinions
respecting retaliation, and who were to be regarded
as neighbours, had long prevailed, and that our
Saviour blamed and corrected those and many other
unfounded doctrines.
That the patriarchs sometimes violated the moral
law, is a position not to be disputed. They were
men, and subject to the frailties of our fallen nature.
But I do not kriow nor believe, that any of them
violated the moral law by the authority or with the
approbation of the Almighty. I can find no instance
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000434 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | J A Y TO JOHN MURRA Y, JUN. 407 save thee." Again : " Say not, I will do to him as he hath done to me. I will render to the man according to his work." And again: "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee." But a greater than Solomon has removed all doubts on this point. On being asked by a Jewish lawyer, which was the great commandment in the law, our Saviour answered : " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and the great commandment, and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." It is manifest, therefore, that the love of God and the love of man are enjoined by the law ; and as the genuine love of the one comprehends that of the other, the apostle assures us that " Love is the fulfilling of the law." It is, nevertheless, certain, that erroneous opinions respecting retaliation, and who were to be regarded as neighbours, had long prevailed, and that our Saviour blamed and corrected those and many other unfounded doctrines. That the patriarchs sometimes violated the moral law, is a position not to be disputed. They were men, and subject to the frailties of our fallen nature. But I do not kriow nor believe, that any of them violated the moral law by the authority or with the approbation of the Almighty. I can find no instance |
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