Irenecum and Dylan – who knew? (Philosophy)

Don’t wanna judge nobody, don’t wanna be judged,

Don’t wanna hurt nobody, don’t wanna be hurt,

Don’t wanna treat nobody like they was dirt.

Don’t wanna shoot nobody, don’t wanna be shot,

Don’t wanna buy nobody, don’t wanna be bought.

Don’t wanna bury nobody, don’t wanna be buried,

Don’t wanna burn nobody, don’t wanna be burned,

Don’t wanna learn from nobody what I gotta unlearn.

Don’t wanna cheat nobody, don’t wanna be cheated,

Don’t wanna defeat nobody if they already been defeated.

Don’t wanna wink at nobody, don’t wanna be winked at,

Don’t wanna be used by nobody for a doormat.

Don’t wanna confuse nobody, don’t wanna be confused,

Don’t wanna amuse nobody, don’t wanna be amused.

Don’t wanna betray nobody, don’t wanna be betrayed,

Don’t wanna play with nobody, don’t wanna be waylaid.

Don’t wanna miss nobody, don’t wanna be missed,

But if you do right to me, baby,
I’ll do right to you, too.
Ya got to do unto others
Like you’d have them, like you’d have them, do unto you.

Dylan 1979 cut “Do Right To Me Baby” from the “Slow Train Coming” album. (most of the lyrics included)

Irenicum: Healing the Divisons Among God’s People 1653 by Jeremiah Burroughs

“Would you receive benefits? Bestow benefits then. Would you have mercy? Be merciful then. Would you be commended? Commend others. Would you be loved? Then love. You be the judge yourself; you be the lawgiver of your own life. That which you hate, do not to another. Cannot you endure reproach? Do not reproach others. Cannot you endure to have others envy you? Do not envy others. Cannot you endure to be deceived? Do not deceive others” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 377). Posted by Douglas Wilson – 1/22/2008

My guess is Dylan and Burroughs would like to think God used them to heal some divisions among God’s people. And my guess is He did!

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