Chäp, 3 3. An Expofition upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. 13, 261 with God about any of your afflictions ? they are for your good and benefit. And will ye Drivewith God , becaufe he is doing u good ? let your affliaions benever fo fad,never fo fore , and fence never fo bad, yet God isdoing you good by -them ; be not angry with your owne good? Lally , Why doe we Drive with God under our afflio ions; Hé loveth us as much under afliiddion, as in aprofperous conditi- on. God -is tender to his in their troubles, and thall they be hárth to him, when heis fo tender towards them ? Aparent that hath but nature, will tendeyhis child mot when Fick and weak_, and will not God ? Let us take heed we be not found Driving with, or having hard thoaghts of God while the bowels of his mot tender compaffions are moving towards us. To fhut up this whole poynt. As Chriui whenhe faw his Dif- ciples in danger to becarried away with the feare of man , faith to them ( Luke, 12, 4 5..) Be not afraidofthem that can kill the body, andafter that have no more that they can doe But 1 -will forewarne you, whom you(hall feare ; feare him ,, which after he b i loath killed bath power to caf! nto hell , 244 1fay unto you, feare him. Now,as becaufe men are apt to feare, yea moflly to feare that which they fhould not-,-Chrii fiieweth themwhom to feare. So ( as hath been (hewed) becaufe men are very apt to -Drive, but they commonly Drive with thofe, and about thofe things, which they fhould not. Therefore I will tell you with whom and with what ye fhould firive.Ifye will needs be Driving, pray Firi, Strive with the fin in your owne bofomes, Drive with your owne lulls and corruptions. One of the great Gofpel du- tieswhich we are called to, is to mortifie our earthly members. ToDrive with all inordinate affe&tions, with pride, with envie,.. with love of the world, and with incharitableneflè to the death, . is our duty, if ye will needs firive,-D-t'ive with there. Secondly, If youwill needs be Driving, then Drive with the fins of others in a gracious and zealous manner,' asNehemiah did, who contended with the Nobles for their prophanation of the Sabbath, and their unlawful! marriages ( Neh: 13. 17.. &;2,5. ) we (hould Drive with one another to hinder that which is evill. Gideon broke downe Baafs altar , he Drove with Baal , and was therefore firnamed j'erubbaal (Judg: 6.3 2.) So let us Drivewith the corrupt praices,courfes, and cufomes of the times, we live in,,
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