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241* them food and drink when they are hungry and thirsty, and to pray for them to God saying, "O Lord God, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." This behavior does not incite enemies to fighting, but it tames their anger and lust for war. (:They who want to live a Christian life must look for an example in Jesus Christ.:) One day when the Samaritans would not receive him, James and John said to him, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them as Elijah once did?" But he turned and said to them, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them." (:The follower of Jesus follows this example; the servant of the Emperor lives the old way.:)

The Pope, having received temporal dominion from the Emperor, defends both by the sword, claiming by means of many texts and of sly and cunning reasonings, that this is in the service of God. He covers un Christ's footprints with Caesar's sword and has the Holy Spirit sitting on this new layer of sand. Laban could not find the household gods because Rachel was sitting down on them. Christ is the way and he who hides Luke 9:54-56,.

Gen. 31:34.