Quarrel

Prov. xxvi. 17.QUARREL. Solomon compares him, that, going along the Streets, meddles with the Quarrels of People unknown, to one that will take a Dog by the Ears, and so will rashly expose himself to be bit. This is what we may see every Day, in publick Quarrels. Those that endeavour to mediate a Peace among Persons engaged in a Controversy; instead of reconciling them, do but provoke ‘em, and still irritate them more, and often meet with Anger on both Sides for intermeddling. But it must not be concluded from hence, that we ought never to endeavour to reconcile our Neighbours; yet it must be attempted with a great deal of Prudence, Caution and Charity, for fear of increasing that Evil which we undertake to appease.

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