'Chap. 6. 1Ín Expofition upon the BookefJ O B. VetC. Inwardwounds and terrours are molt terrible. Doe not think that the fores upon Jobs body, fetcht all there complaintsfrom him. He thews you now, what it was that made him complain indeed, The arrorvs of the Almighty are within panto p,nairo me, the terreurs of God let themfelves in array againfi me. As tolertbrlior, thejoyes and exultations of the fpirit isifinitely exceed all the qua fpttu pleafures which come in from the tences,ali bodily pleafures:fo the corpnto ore fubiriei_ troubles and afiic`fiens which are upon the fpirit,infinitely exceed ,tor. all the troubles and afiEiions which fail upon the body. As God bath (itch comforts, fuch joyes to bellow upon his people, as the world can neither give nor take away ; fo likewife, he hath ter- rours and troubles, which all the world is not able to remove or mitigate : 7heer are no medicines in the whole circuit of nature,that can heale a moundedfirit;All your frìends,alI your re-, lations,all your riches, yea all your natural wí(dome, will bebut as the white of an egge to your tall, in the day when God fmires the heart with thefe terrours. Thfc arrowes and terrours are often preparatorie to con- ver1ion ; when Tome men are overcome to receive Chritt,an Army of terrours is rent our, to take them captive, and bring them in. There are many ( I grant) whomGod wounds with love, he fkootes an arrow offavour into their hearts, and overcomes them with Troopes of mercies. Again, an army of terrours, is Pent out to try the holy courage of thofe,who are converted,as well as to conquer the unholy enmity ofperlons unconverted. That was Jobs cafe here ; and the fecond armies be as terrible to the foul as the firlt, and often are more terrible. And ( we have fuch cafes) a man that was converted without any army of terrours, may have an armyofterrours Pent againft him after converfion. The difpenfations and methods of God are various, though both hie rule andend be ever the fame; But whet her this army of ter- rour comes before converfion, or after converfion ; whenfocver it fcomes, it mull needs difirefs the foul exceedingly. A broken pirit is very comfortable, but a wounded fpirit is very dreadful Ofa wounded fpirit we may fay, as I remember the Moraliti fpeakes, concerning rhofe barbarous naked fights, among the Ro- mans, when men fought naked withmen ; or-naked with beaus Surely ( faith he)all the former fights, and battels,were f mercy to thefe : So all other troubles, all other terrours, are quid ante pleafures and recreations to thefe ; When you come to this bout, mrfericordio K k k , 7 tt, Sen. 2 when
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