Cha p: r 9. eon Pxpofitien pon the Book cf J à E. Verf. r i . 21 ) ---- perturbation in the heart of God, he is infinitely above it, but heis thus defcribed, after the manner ofmen, the flame ofwhole warres begin.with a fire ofwrath ; therefore faith 7ob, He bath* kindled his wrath. The word 4jndled in the Hebrew comes, from a roote,. which ;tin exa,jr liignifies. anger, becaufe anger is the kindling of a fire in our ßHSnf , hír bofomes ;. and from that Hebrew word it is. conceived,, that fl f í u the Latine word ira is derived, it being as neere in found, as it 11Qj.or. is in fence. Wrath is .a fire, and is therefore. properly expreffed by a word fignifying the heareof fire.;. wrath in it felle is hot, andburning, here the fire is madehot,He hath kindled his v rash,. there put together, note ferce_wrath. ( PJ l..z. r z.) If leis 'wash be kindled,yea but a little. The wrath ofGod is a fire,, but.fome- times it is ása fire not kindled,, but ifhis.wrath be kindled but a little, it makes a dreadful' fire. 'Tis the nature of fire to be hot, but fire is not onely hot but fierce when 'cis kindled. (2 tjomb. 32. I4.) Tee are rifen up in the place of_your forefathers to kin- dle thefierce anger of god; The kindled anger of God is the ex treameft anger ofGod. I íhall nor flay upon the defcription of the Wrath of God, having fpoken of it at large, ('hap. rá.. 13_) where 706 as dreading the appearance of the wrath of God, begs with earl neftneffe, O that thou muldefl áeepe me infares, twill thy.wrath be pails !: Onely note here,. that the wrathof. God ( as-was tou- ched.before ) and thekindlings ofit) doe not imply any pafll- on or change in God; he hath infiniteferenity and quietneffe in his. breaD' for ever: What fires foever he kindleth_in the Creature himfelfe is alwayes in one minde. The Scripture fpeakes dins in reference to thofe effeas-expreffed upon man, not in reference to any imprefl:ion wrought in God. When that is done upontheCreaturewhich teflifies the fierceneffe of anger, then anger is laid to kindle in God. One of theAn- t,.a Del elf de cients tells us ; That the wrathof God againft finners is nothing lnuenthan elfe but the punifhment of finne; Or the wrath of God; is his pan:, furor dei; holy. and moff.bleffed Will,, everlaflingly burning with hatred e't fup tirium againft. fin, and- turning from it.. in high difpleafure;. even.as c o°4lm man difcovers his hatred of thofe things which are againfi his will, and lets out his fpirit in anger againft them.. Had. not fin broke forth in man,, there had never beenany appearance of.
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