276 Cahp.ió. An Expofiuion npou the Book. of J O B. Verf,io him ; or we may apply this to his profeifed Enemies, who were very unanimous to vex and trouble him. Hence Note. Men are apt to agree in doing hurt. Super me im- Union is not alwayes a fign ofa good caufe : 'Tis but fd- implebuutur, domwe can agree to do a common duty. Good men want Mont, the cement of love in a good caufe ; evil men feldom want it in a bad. Behold(' faith God , Gen. a t. 5, 6.) Thispeople are one,and they allfpeak,one language: their language was one, . and fo were theirhearts,to build a Tower,whofe top might reach- to Heaven: The builders ofBabel are more united , then the builders of Sion. The Pfalmift complains of the Enemies onenefs( Pfal, 83. 5 6, 7. They have conflated together withone confent (or heart) they are confederate agaainffthee. Gebal, and 4mon,andAmaleck. the Philiffims,,and them that dwell at Tyre: Aftiur is alfo joyned rviththem, &c All Nation, even Heteroge- nial Nations,can joyn in mifchief ; men offeveral Kingdoms, and Spirits,. Pilate and Herod joyn to criucifie Chrift ; but as it is molt beautiful and pleaCant (Pfal. 133.) So, 0 how hard a thing it isfor brethren to dwell in unity: They who have one God, oneLord, one Faith, one Spirit, one Baptifme, one hope ; yea they who (in one fenfe ) one Body, and one Spi. rit, Ephef 4. 4, 5. are feldome one. From that fecond fenfe of the word, They havefulled, orJa. `inatifuns p.t- tiated themfelves with me, ,as meu.Vulg. in n,alis mois Note: voluptaiemfü- It is a kind ofpleafure tofome tofee others inpain. am erpleve- We lhould be pained with the pain of others ; fellow -fee- u",Tygar. ling is a duty ; how far are they departed from this duty, who are fo far from feeling the fuffering, of others, that they take pleafure in their fufferings ? There are two forts of pleafure , which every good man f'iould abhor. Firft, Pleafure in fin, our own or others : The worft that was laid ohe wicked Gentiles was this, They not only do fuck things take pleafure in them that do them ( Rom. I. 32. ) Secondly, pleafure in the fufferings and forrows of others ; force do not only put others to the fuffering of forrow , but take pleafure in the forrow which they fuller ; they make their tears as Wine, their aches as bread; and until' they fee them
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