Chap.' 4. AnExyófi`tioñ sip`án the BookofJoe. Verf. r. 55; Y. man is full of troubles, I.ihall prefent the Reader with a particu- lar of the troubles of man. The troubles of manare either inward oroutward, .? Inward troubles proceed from a threefold cat fe. , Ertl, From the terrours wherewith God firil exercifetb the fpirits of his own people. yobwas full of thefe troubles aswehave,opened before, and fowas Heman, Pfal. 88. 15, Secondly, There are Terrours wherewith God vexeth- the fpirits of wicked teen, Cain, ,Saul, and 7uda were full of thefe troubles, . and -tbi prophet pror aun- cethof wicked men ingeneral, that theyare lal e the troubled Sea when it cannot ref/, Ifa. 57. 20. Secondly, Inward troubles arife from the temptations of Sa- tan, we hears many poor fouls complaining of thefe : As that wicked,Çpirit goes about leeking reik and ltnd ng none, fo he wòúldkriót fuffer anymail to tat. Saran isa troubled fpirit, and :he is a troubling fpirit, Thirdly, Inward troubles arife from the tuftsand corruptions of our own hearts. Paul who triumphed and rejoyced over all outward troubles , cries out, 0 wretched man that I am , irho /hall delivermefrom the body of this death ? Boni. 7, 24. Who is there that bath any fpiritual life , who groans not under the bodyof this death ? One bemoans and weeps over unbelief, an- other over pride; a third overpallions and bafe fears ; a fourth over deadnefs of fpirit and hardnefs of Heart. Thefe fill the Saints with trouble while they keep them in, much more when theyprevail and break our. And as believers are full of trouble becaufe of their Own corruption, fo alfo by reafon of the cor- ruptions of others. Their hearts bleed at the prophanenefs, and their eyes weepat the pride of other men. Thefe inward troubles are enough to fill us, but as Ezechiels roll was fullof woes, foour lives are full of troubles both within and without. Outward.troùblesare of two forts. First, Ordinary, or thofe which comedailyupon us, the la- bours and bufineffes of our Callings. The Apoítle fpeaking of and to thofe thatmarry, faith, Such /hallhave trouble in the flefb, t Cor. 7.25. Fleur and troubles are marriedtogether, whether we marryor no, but they that are marriedmarry withand match into new troubles. All` our relations have their burdens as well as their comforts. B b bb Second®
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