npanthe Epijfle of JAM E s. \, VE.RS,20o afcribe.to God, and :ariger ~ill nor fuffer a mm to difpenfe ic ·:. but this feems coo much firamed and forced. Ochns. fay, the meaning is, it doth not execute Gods juft rev_enge, but our own malice• . But rather the Rightcoufnefi of God is put for fuch righ· teoufnefs as God reqpireth, Godapproveth, God effe8eth :. and in this·fence in .Scripture, thiQgs are faid to be .. of God and of Chr{ft, which ·are ·effeCled by hi1 power, or comma11ded -in hi1 word: thus Faith..is faid tq be the \\1or~ of God, [oh. 6, :9. becaufe he commandeth we !hould labor in it, which plainly is the intent of that Context ; and the Apoflle ufech the word Rigb~eo'ufne(s, becaufe anger pu~s on the form ofjuf/:ice and righ-. · teoufnefs more then.any other v.mues. le fcemeth te be but a · juO: difpk~aiure againH:·an 9ffence, and'l9oks upon reveng-e not as: irr~ttionalexce(s; but a iuf/ punifhment, efpecially fuCh anger as carrieth .the face of zeal, whieh is the anger fpoken of in the Text: Rage and diHempered heats in Controverfi~s of Religi– on, and ·about ehe.fence of the Word, fuch carr.al :;:.,e~tl, how jufr and pious foever it feem,.i.s ,not approved and a~q!Jir.ced ·as tighteom before.CGod•. ·nsbbfenable.tQat there is a .(.itote in the Ape!Hes expreffion, mcre ·iS i.Pt~nded th~n faid; f9r the A· po!He means,_ic is fo far from working Rightrou(nefs, that it worketh all manne~of evil; wimefs the tragiCal effeCls of it in the world·, the flaughters chat Simeon and Levi wrought in Shechem : Sar~tb. in~er aQger br~~ks two ctommandments at once, ... taf.::rrth~ .nllme_of. God in vain 3 and fqlftly accufeth .A6raham, gen. 16. 5· · · ' · I· .'~rot? the Context_; The wor/f thing; th~tt we can hri;1g to ob}crv. 1 • a rebgtous Contro'Z)Ierjie u anger :The Context fpeakech ofanger , occafioned by differences abcmt .c,he .Word; ufually no affections at".e f.o outragious-as,chofe which are·engaged in the .. qt~arrel of R~ligion, for •then ; th~t ~which . fuould bridle the paffion is ·made trlefltel oL!t, and ·~hat wpich. filould rejlrain undue heats anuexceffts .eng~ag~,th. them; however this !lrould not be: «hrifiianity .of all Religion~ is the meek!ft and 'moft hstmble; 'tis ·forinded.upon tb~_qlood_qf, qhrift, who is aLambjlain; ~tiscon· fign~J.and· fe.aled l:!yth~.,,Spjrit of Chrjfr, who defcended likt a Dove~ ~~ both •te emple}Ils of a.meek and m~de(l hurnifity; and :ihould a mee~ Religion ,_b_e.d~fended by our .violences; and the ·Cod:of p~Ar:e ferve~ with.w1!athfo{ affeUio_ns., and the madnefs of X3 an. \
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