Chap. 34. Expof:sian upon the Book_ of J o B. V'erf.t7. 6tz lathed us with hiscwn blood) is hated c There a. e manyChrifi- haters, as himfelf told the Jews (John 15. 24.) They have Troth feenand hated both me andmyFather. And if there be that prin- ciple ofabomination in the heart of man to hate God andChri(t, what good is there'that the heart of man may not let his hatred upon ? Elihufuppofeth that there are haters of Rightand Juftice, which are themolt amiable things in the world,and fhould attract the love of all perlons to them. Secondly, When Elihu faith, Shall even he that hateth right govern ? Howdifdainfully Both be fpeakof fuch ? HenceNote. To hate right is a moll hateful thing. Hee isnot worthy the name of amin that hateth right.When the Prophet Elifha toldHazaelwhat ftran,e things he fhould do,what h;vock he fhould make in the world , he faid (2 King. 9. 13.) But what, is thyfervant a dog, that he fhould do this great thing ? as if he had Paid, todo fuch a thing, renders a man as vile and contemptible as adog : 'Tis apiece of unrighteoufnefs to reckon or number them amongmen, who arehaters of that righteoufaefs which (hould be exercifed amongmen, and is the prefervationof mankinde ; not tohonour righteoufnefs is a hateful thing, not to do right at all times,, and in all things, is a hateful thing ; what is it then to hate right ? How jufilyhateful are Jufiice haters ! Some may fay, are there any indeed fo bad as to hate right I anfwer, Firti, There are fomewho profufedly, plainly, with abold and bare face hate the right there is in all natural men a feed of this hatred, The 'wi (dome of the fle_Jb is enmity againfl god; andPurely, if it be enmity agtinfl God, it mull needs be enmity againfi all that is good ; now as there is a feed of that enmity in every man's nature,fo therewill be theworkings and fruits of that enmity in many mens lives. Secondly I anfwer, He may laid to hate right that doth not approve right, that Both not love and delight in it ; not to love, not to delight in-that which is righr,is tohate the right.As he that lothnot love God, is a hater of God ; the fecond Command- ment [peaks thus, I the Lord thy God am a jealous God , vif ting the iniquity ofthe fathers upoti the childret ;unta the thirdand fourth generation of themthat hateme, and prying mercy tothoofands of Iiii a. them
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