366 Verf. 2 an E.t pofition Asp,: the Book,of j o B. Chap. 36% the Rory ofwhat he bath done, and fo have done. As we ought to ado; ne the doarine of God (Ti. z. ) fo likewife the doings of God, or what God bath done by our doings. Meer narratives abolt the workot God,is far below magnifyinghis work. S condly, They fail much mo:e who extenuate and diminith the iof ks of God, who obi-cure or eclipfe his wo;kes. As in our conféllions'-o\f repentance, it isa figs of a bad heart barely to re- port our fins beffore God, without aggravatingthem in their fin- fulnefs ; but in confeffion to extenuate our fin ¿heweth a very to:- tenand naughty heart : fo in our confeilions of praife, tnee:ly to report what Godbath done for us, without putting an accent or a due emphafis upon his mercies, fhews much colonel's cf ipirit in the duty ; but to clip and leffen thewo kes of God,ro hide and dal ken them, toabate and detraa from than, flames a bale and a wicked fpirir. Thirdly, Hoes do they tail in magnifying the wo.kes of Go, who do not only conceal how good they are,but bring up an ill re- port upon them, as thofe fearchers did upon the land of Canvtx, Thofeworksand difpenfations of God, which ( like that land ) flow with milk and honey, may be looked upon and cetaftred by forne, as good for nothing but to eat upand confurne thole that are under them. Fourthly, They who are impatient under anywork of God, who murmur and repine at it,are far from magnifying the work of God. Fifthly, They are far from magnifying the work of God, who think themfelves fo wife that they could mend the work oÍ God; had they the penfel in their hand they would make fairer work of it : what hudling is here ? think fame ; what confulion is here ? fay others ; what fad work is here ? faith a third. If we had the ordering of things what an orderly world would we make, if we had the ordering of things ( as God bath) we would quickly cure and remedy all there diforders. Though inch fo mal ipeeches be not uttered, yet fuch things are Cooker: in pa- rables,the a&ions of fine tell us fuchare their thorghts, as if they could mend f he work of God, and gevern the world withBrea er moderation than tis ; thrngh indeedwe need not fc' uple Et) call the wife+ (ran in the wo:Id averydora:d,if he thinks fo, or that any thingcan be done more equally than God hath don,: i. Lr all 21.2
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