CATHOLIC SPIRIT.
2 Kings x. 15.
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on
Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him.
And he saluted him and said, Is thine heart right
as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab
answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand.
1. It is allowed even by those who do not pay
this great debt, that love is due to all
mankind: the royal law, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself, carrying its own evidence
to all that hear it. And that, not according to
the miserable construction put upon it by the
zealots of old times, thou shalt love thy neighbour,
thy relation, acquaintance, friend, and
hate thine enemy: not so. I say unto you, saith
our Lord, love your enemies, bless them that curse
you: do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them that despitefully use you and persecute
you: that ye may be the children, may appear so
to all mankind, of your Father which is in heaven,
who maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on
