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Chap. 32. An Éxpsfrtion upon the Eoek.of J is s. Verf. 3. 27 know that he had committed them, and which he never had any intent to commit. We may fo mif-place words and nail -guide actions, when we thinke not of ir, thatwe mayquickly Cm againft God,yea and juflifie our felveagather then God ; That which we doe or fpeake is robe judged by a rule, whether it be good are- viil, not naeerely by our intentions though good , nor by our not intending ofevill. Wemay be judged to have done or Paid evil!, though we meant no evilt ix doing or infaring fo. Words and aéti- ons well meant may fometimes juffly undergoe an ill cent+rueli- on. They that heare fhould interpretevery word in the moft fa- vorable fence ; but if we fpeake unwarily and unfafely, or (as Mofesonce ) unadvifedlywith our lip, we may thanke our fetves if we fall under reproofe for what we have fpoken. Therefore `begge of God to ter a watch over your mouth , and to keepe the doore of your lips, let nothing page unexamined. 'Tis our wif- dow a to read every word over and over before we fpeake it; Many heare ill,who havefpoken well, how much more may they who fpeake doubtfully or dangeroufly. We have feecethe cattle why Ettha was fo angrywith fob , the next verle will tell us why he was fo angrywith Jobs three friends. Verf. 3. ,Áf fa aping his three friends was his wrath kindled, keeaufetheyhad found no anfwer, and yet ked .cón- demnedJot. We find EGlia angry on all hands, angry with rob, and angry with his three friends ; fome querie upon this renewingof his anger (as God did Jonah) whether he did well robe thus angry or thus to appeare m pail on , andbreake out afro i in wrath andwhether the reafons ofhis anger will beare him out to have been angry with Realon ; anger prevailes mot+ in thole in whom rearm prevailes leafi,and they have ufually the firongeft paflïons, who have the weaket+ judgements ; children and aged perrons, the ficke and pained are apt tobe angry withothers, and hard to be pleated themfelves. And'tis a generail axiom ; Themake and Invalidú omno impotent are naturally angry and pafonate. Therefore we had natura qucru- need looke to our pan-tons, that theygrow not throng, for they rum fá. will foone proclaime us weake : he is awifeman indeed, that can be at once wife and angry. ( Proverbs 19. t t.) The di fcretion ofa min deferred, his anner,and it is his glory to pap over a tranf E a grcfan

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