II6 Chap. t 3. An Expofition upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 24. mind. thewere enemies in our minds, or,byour sssinds, by reafon of wicked works. (Col. a.-2 r. ) jobwas once fah an enemy, but he knewhe had been reconciled unto God by the deathof his Son in the promife, and fo was become his friend. job knew he was juítified and pardoned, that God was his God in cove- nant, and therefore it was ítrange to him to receive the ufage of an enemy. Is this thy kindnefs to ,thy friend, to number him among thine enemies ? For thine enemy. 27nzatd: ifs Ai enemy is, fir&, one whomwe hate; fecondly,He is one who g /rçvarrl'oc hath doneor attempts to do us wrong ; thirdly, an Enemy is one cot whom oppofe, and feek to del}ro job feems to have this Pinar me tibi PP Y contrarium. thought,that God had all thefe thoughts of him. Thon holdefime Sept. for'thine enemy, that is,, as one whom thou hateít, as one that ita me percutás had done thee wrong., as one whom_ thou oppofeft and wouldea inimoicnsujudá- del-troy. pus the flefh judges_even inshofe who are more then cafti. Sic taro }lefh The ruleof lovegiven by Christ is, Love your enemies, tuclicat in eruct. ifthine enemy hunger, feed him,. ifhe thirfi, give him drink: Job tváers, fpeaks of himfelf as of an enemy in a vulgar notion Or as of an enemy dealt with according to the laws of natureor of nations, not according to the law of Chrifl or of Gofpel-grace, yet God did indeed feed and comfort Job, though he outwardly dealt with. him as an enemy,pulling the bread from his mouth,and ítripping him of all his comforts. Hence Obferve, Firft, God acts towaads fome-o fhis nearef friendsas if they were hisgreatefi enemies, He may not only hide his face from them, but thew-his ìvrath againft them., Godwounds his with love, and he wounds thole whom he loves. hhhom ¡love, t carrell' ; there is wounding in correcting. So he acted toward Jacob (Gen.320 he wreßled with .Is it the part ofa friend when he meets his friend to wreftle with him ? When friends meet, they embrace and faluteone ano- ther, they rejoyce and confer onewith another t God wreftled4 with jncob,and wreftledw.ith him not in fport, but very roughly, he put his thigh out of joynt andmade himhalt for it.Andas God dealt with perfonal Jacob, fo he deal£with national Jacob, or the peopleof the Jews,who were his friends above all thenations of,the earth, Jer, 30. ao. Therefore_ fear not thorn, Omyferrrant faco4
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