Anger without Consideration, is little better then a downright Madness;
it makes us take Benefits for Injuries, it Confounds Truth and Falshood;
and we have but too many Instances of Outrages committed on the Persons
of the best of our Friends, upon a False Persuasion of their being our
Mortal Enemies. Charity bids us Hope and Believe the Best of Things:
Prudence bids us examine the Truth of Things: Religion and Common Equity
Preach to us upon the Text of _Do as you would be done by_. So that
it is Uncharitable, Unreasonable, Unchristian, and Inhuman, to pass a
Peremptory Sentence of Condemnation upon a Try’d Friend, where there’s
any Room left for a more Favourable Judgment.