288 Chap. 2. An Expofition upon the Book,of J Co B. Verf. to will beangry with and reviletheir Gods. Thou fpeakeff after the rate ofthejefool Jh women; Thou didil never hear fuch doctrine in my family, or among thofe who fear and love the true and ever- living God. [fob you fee is now fomewhat warm in his fpeech. job had en- dured much,and all his fitfferingshithertohad not ftirred any pafli- on in him, but that offorrow, as we faw in the latter endof the formerChapter : Not any angry poflure, not any angry expreflion all along; but now, that God and the ways of God are concerned, fob can hold no longer: this fpe-echof his wife call difhonour upon both,and now pafíion begins to flir,he cannot forbear her, though his Wife, ha* fpeakeJì its one of the foolifh woménfpeaketh. Ob- lerve, That Paton beconreth us in the caufe ofGod : Our LordChrifl teach- ing his Difciples the true meaning of the Law, tells them, Mat. 5. 22. Tic that it angry with hit brother without a calif (hallbe in danger ofthe judgment ; but he that is not angry when there is caufè, cfpecially when there is fuch a caufe as this, he likewife is in danger ofthe judgment. uflaira rya- Secondly, job is not only angry with her, but he reproves her,' ter fl, f {p((, Thou fpeakejt its one of the foolifh women. It is.lawful fometimes to exprefr holyanger andpaffion by 'harp reproofsChrifl whowas meek- nefs and humility it 'elf, yet when he hath to deal with Pharifies, he can call them a generation of Vipers, painted Sepulchres, blind guides, an adulterottsgeneration, children ofthe Devil : Anger can hardly be filent,and that anger is admirable,which (peaks and fins not. He that knows not how to be angry, knows not how t love: And he thatknows n2t how to reprove with love, knows not how to be angry. You may difcern love in job,minglïng with,and moderatinghis .reproof. job rebukes his Wife, but it is with the fpirit ofmeek- 'rx fs. Firft, he doth not fpeak pofitively or down-right, Thou art afôol, but comparatively, Thoufpeakejt as one of thefoolifh women, orfe tofpeak; That teems one mitigation or allay of this reproof; yet I confefs fuch fpeaking by wayof fimilitude hath-often in it the force and intent ofa direí`f affertion. Another thing obfervable for the meeknefs of job, is this ; He d-' `` iotfall out with the whole Sex,and fay, ye women are fool- ifh, and igñbrant , and impatient ; But thou fpeakefi of one ofthe f. olifh w:,mer,. He doth not charge the whole Sex, he knew-there were
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