542 Chap. i3. flnExpofition upon the Bookof Verf. 2 them. Now (I fay) if mans belt garments are little better then a moth-eaten garment,what is a moth-eaten garment? and then what is that man (fuck a one Jobcounteth himfelf) who con- fumeth as agarment that ismoth- eaten? Surely the fpirit of this holy than couldnot go lower for a comparifon then the effects ofmoths and rottennefs. Bywhich felf-abafement hefeems to arguewith God forcom- patlion and fpari;g mercies : as if he had Paid, Could 1-bear thefe farrows any longer, I would not fo earnefily beg an endof them ': but alas 1 ifthey do not endfpeedily, I mull : My f rength isgone,, and I am but rottennefs hou who teareß meas a Lion by open and violent afflitlions, doff alfa eat me, asa moth, byfecret and lent confumptions. I might here alto draw out divers Obfervations about the frailty of man. As, firff, 'ä hat man is but weaknefs.and rottennefs. Secondly , That manc..t 'not hold out againfl the handof' God. Thirdly, That even fameof Gods chaflem,gs are deffroyings and confumings to all the ilrength and lu t re ofthe outward. Fourth- ly, That a believer ¡n affitl;on is. ab so> if judge the ;foes ofhis awn condition. `But becaufe thefe points have occurred upon o- ther texts of like fence with this,therefore I only hint them,and shall shut up this whole Chapter, with thisbrief: admonition' from the conclufion of it HowMould we labour.: to pleafe God in walking uprightly with him, before whom we cannot (land when he is angry withus ? how Mould we labour tolive in his favour,bywhofe difpleafure we are fuddenly. confumed ? And if thechahenings of God confuume ti ofe whomlie loves; howwill his judggmentsconfume tho.fe whomhe hates? when thole Lord''.. with rebukesdoll chaffen Manfor inìquity, thou rra(e,fl. his beau- ty to'confume,Pfal. 39. x I. How then will his beautyconfutne when God with fevereft revenges chat}ens man for iniquity.? Our God is a confmningfire,he can confume us as a rotten thing, and as a garment that is moth-eaten, therefore let us (ask a!id) :- havegrace that we may fervehim ,acceptably with reverence and godlyfear.
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