222 Chap. 33, An Expo!tion apon the Book, of Jr o B. ,Verf.'ro, and alittle one great. A. true friend will fpeak the.moli of what is well done, and the leali he can,with truth,of what is ill ; He is b farte from feeking occafions atiain:i Whom he loves, that he will hardly fee them, when fhndes them'unfoughc._ -A noble ene- my will no: feeke occafions agar fl a man, much 1e dlewill diall friend. It is no wonder when :fob is taxed with fayit g,'God fought occafions in!} hire, that he fnould alfo fay, Ilecounteth mefor his enemy. From the matter of there Words, Fiecounteth mefor his ene- may, take there two notes. 1 Ctrl , ven good men when they are rarely grieved under -the a filling hand ofGod, are tempted to have hard apprehenfiores ofGod, atleafi tofufpeíh andfeare that God is no friend to then.,. And this comes to paffe upon a double confideration ; Firfl, Naturewhen pinched will Chew it felfe ; Now , man naturally, Bath not-only hard thoughts of God, but an enmity againft him. Andwhen nature is pinched, all the corruptions working in man, worke this way, unlefs .over power'd and checkt by grace. Se- condly, when 'cis hard with us fona the hand of God, then Satan takes his time to prompt us with hard thoughts Of God, and to foment that enmity to the uttermof?, ofwhich ourcorrupt nature hath fuch fiore.What?will Satan fay,Doth God love thee,andfiarve thee ? What ? Doth God pretend kindnefs to thee, and deale thus with thee ? is God thy friend, who rakes away thy friends ? is God thy friend, who leaves thee in the hand of enemies ? doth he pitty thee, and yet keepe thee in thefe pines ? is this his kindnefs to his friend ? How can he fay he loves thee ? And hat not thou caufe enough yet to fay , He connteth thee for his enemy. Thus Satan takes his time to provoke nature, which is forwardenough of it felfe to thinke and fpeake hardly of God, ifat any time he is pleated and fees it fit to deale hardly with us. And howgreat á combatebath manya gracious foule both with Satan and his owne heart, toget and keepe up good and honora- 'hlethoughts ofGod in a f'uffering condition, or under darke and (to fenfe) difmal difpenfations, Secondly , Note. What-
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