168 VE R -s-20. ___An E~Jojition , with N ptes I fuall therefore endevor two things briefly : I. Shew youWhat ~nger u jinful. 2. How finful, and how great an evil it is. FirO:, To lhte the matter, tha(s neceffary, for all anger is not finful; one fort of it falleth under a conceffion; another tinder a command ; anotker under the ir-i/f reproofs of the Word. "' , 1. T,here are fome indeli6erable mott'om, which Je,-om calleth 11e9'iY'~BEicu * 'PropajfionJ, fudden and irrefil1ible alterations, which ~re the ~~ ?Nt.On_. 11 -~< infelicitirs of Nature, not the fins; tolerable in themfelves, if ad~o;·~Pt · ~ig_htly fi_inred. Aman is not_to be Ltupid a~~ i~fenfiue: Anger • 1 fi me;. m tt felf ts but a natural mouon to that whtch -ts offeofive; and. n r"?t:a- (as all .pafsions) is fo long lawful, as it doeh not make us omit 4 Us nontmd d·a. ,r; ji d h' · t · ,f · • lji . uty, or t.yo 1 e UrJ to a m, or excee t e va ue o 1 tls ~mpu tve ~~bteJ. Cflu{e: So the Apo~le faith, B: ~n$ry', a-ndfin no~, Ephe(. 4.26. ro. 1 He alloweth what ts natural, forbtddeth what ts finful. . 2. There is a necdfary holy Anger, wh!ch is the _whetftone.of fortitude and zeal: So 'cis faid; Lots righterJfl!. SouL W.u vexed, ·2 Pet. a. 7· So Chrifl: himfelf, Mark..~· 5· fie look.fdabnut him With v1nger : So Mofes his 'Wrt~.th 'Waxedhot, Exod.t I .S. This is but an advifed Motion of the will guided by the rules of Rea.. fon, Certainly they are angry, and fin not, who are angry at nothing but fin: •fis well when every pafsion ferverh the in· terefts of Religion. However, let me tell you , this being a fierce and llrong motion of the fpiric, it mua be ufed with great advice and caution. I. The principle muft bt right: Gods in· tereHs and ours are often twiO:ed, and many times felf incer– pofeth the- more plau(ibly, becaufe 'cis varni!hed with a lhew of. Religion ; and we are more ~pt to Uorm at indignities and af– fronts offered to our {elves, rather then to God. The Samari– tanes rejeCted Chritt, and in the_ name of Chri!l the Apofrles they preftntly called for fire from Heaven, but our Lord ... , , faith, Luk~ 9• 55. Ye k._no'W not what manner of !Jririt ye are of: + ~&-Eief, fJ.iV 'Iis good to look ~o the impulfes upon which our fpirits are art· • vJS.~. 'Tct~ ed; pride and fdf-love is apt to rage at our own contempt and i!.ct 9 i~ll$ difgracc; and the more fecurely when the main interdt .is Gods. ~ut~~Ar.t~ Ariver many times lofeth its favor, when 'cis mingled with o· ~~~~r-Jv' cher lt reams : and zeal that boileth up upon an injury done eo · ~cr.B;.;ji/ . . G J· , UJay prove carnal when'tis fed with rheaccefsions of our a ,ratres m own comempcand imerdl:: ... ~ fis obfetved of Mofes, that he eremo. - - was
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