Chap. i4. n Expo.fition upon the BookpfJots. Verf. 13. Andkeep mefecret. Thefe words are but an Explication or Repetition of the former ; 7ob doubles his Requeff to thew how ffrongly his heart was fixt upon it O that thou wouldeff keep me ferret, How long? Vntil thy wrathbepaff That is, the effe&s of wrath : The Letter of the Original is, _warm ira thy noffril, bccaufe in the Nofe or Noffrilswrath and anger fbew que tumente themfelves, we breath anger, and thebreath of the Lord is no-e, firmante thingelf but his wrath, which l' 1- `fream of Brimffonekindles nafomani- the fiery Tophet, (If 3 0 3 3 . _fires the Lord to let this fellari Toler. breath pafs, and then be appear out of his Grave, ' or to be kept no longer fec . t had faid, I cannot Rand 21W non in the openviewof tky wrath, the Face of thy fierce dif femper é/l re- pleafure ; Oh that tborr wouldeff hide me till thy wrath be paff : verti redire Godput Mofes in the clift of the Rock, and hid himwith his hand, fepe eft a- while hisglory pafed by, (Exod. 3 3 . r 2.) Much more have we need verti recede- - tobe hid while the wrathof God paffeth by, or until his' wrath re. Hine be paff. 7?wn coH Hence Obferve, verfio anion Firff, God in his aclings towards man, Thews himfelf like a wrath- fc.ad Desem, ful man. riatwto' The wrath of God is not a Paillon inhim, but an Action to- averf o re- wards us. He Acts as men when they are angry, but he f iffers ce to. Druf nothing by his anger : He finites and wounds, and pulls down and deflroys like a wrathful, yea, 'ike an enraged man ; yet he loth this in the ex-ac`fcfl frame arid fweeteft cornpofure of his Spirit: Thewrath of Godnever disjoynts him, never puts him out of order, asthe wrathof mandoth. Thewrathof man is the rage of man, but the wrath of God is the reafon of God. Hiswrath toward all is full of ferenity, and it is full of tender Mercy to his own Secondly, lob fearing the wrath of God, reforts to God for fhelter and hiding, O that thouwouldei hide me till thy wrath be paff. . When a man (whomwe fear) is angry with us we run from him, and go to fome friend with this requef1, O that you would hideme till the wrath of this manbe-over ; When Rebec- kah underffood that her fon Efau was wroth with 7acob, and Jiii, 3 cons- dr3
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