Liber II, cap. 12. De Virtutibus sive Officiis Specialibus erga ProximumThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶12} 1 Pet. iii. 9. — …is ulciscentes vos ipsos, dilecti mei, neque locum date iræ—. 1 Pet. iii. 9. non reddentes malum pro malo. Ulcisci tamen hostes ecclesiæ, aut ultos velle, non est illicitum. Exod. xvii. 1…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶12} 1 Pet. iii. 8, 9. — …ved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath. 1 Pet. iii. 8, 9. not rendering evil for evil. To avenge the church, however, or to desire that she be avenged…