Chap. 18. e.":14 expofiticn upon the Bcc cf J o B. Verf.4 28. And-which is worfe then this, the farce Prophet ( Ezek;z4. I o, I I ) compares their corruptions to the fcum ofa pot ; Heap up wood, faradHet it empty upon the coales thereof, that thebrae of it may be hot, andwm y burne, and theftlthinef fe ofit may be molten in it, and thefcum alit may be confumed. Scum is the filthineffe of the pot; fin is the filthinefe ofthe heart and hie. rapietu aci- Verf. 4. He team?) himfelfe in his anger, &c. warn twain. Hob. The Hebrewmay be rendred by an exclamation, O thou who O tu, heus ru tearef thyfelfe, or, O thou tearer of thyfelfe in anger.jball the earth qua teápfurn irae beforfake,nfor thee ? So Val. 113. 7. He rayfeth up the paare coot dátartat ft- o f the daft or, O thou that ra up the oore. out o the du Read rye wore. hterc. ß'fe P p .Ì .Ìt. a likeconf'rufion in the Prophecy ofObad, v. 3. We render,, He 7obz4m acntf t teareth himfelfe. The word fignifieth to teare after the manner iron tanrutn tra` ofwilde beat's, to teare as a Lyon tares. Thus Bildad concei- ved yob enraged againft himfelfe, asa Beat' ; anger havingmatte- nab;d:fa.c Y;r, rind his underfianding, and palín overfet his reafon. He teareth Teretur apees- himfelfe. The Moraliil defcribes an angry man forcibly heldby, ¡tits & r'''3arr.r his friends, and they begging of him to be kinde tohimfelfe ; he ut ipfe fibi pia bites his own lips, he -rends his eloaths, and dafheth himfelfe la ebur ma stet againft the Pillars ; yet all anger is not thus angry : There are caput quajet, diverfe forts ofanger. vefi menta.ctc Firíl, There is an anger with our felves, which is good and dit to le in co commendable ; here Bildad rebukes yob for felf-anger; and 6umttar im¡ár.- therefore he fuppofed fob's felf-anger was not good. We are of- zit. sun, teneft out, while we are angry with others, but wema} Toone be out while we are angry with our felves.. Self-anger is good, when we are angry withour feives, either becaufe we have done that which is ill, or havenot done fo'much good, or good not fo as we might. The Apoftle numbersthis among the effects of that godlyforrors which works repentance untofalvation, not to be repented of : Indignation and revenge are both the births d anger; both thefe are numbred among the effectsofGodly for row, 2 car. 7. i I. Indignation agalnft others is fe'dome with- out fin ; and revenge, in our own caufe upon others, is ever fin- full Thefe areto be repented of, and therefore they cannot be the effe&s of true repentance. 'Twas then indignation and re- venge upon themfelves becaufe they,.had .doneeill, which the ?1, polite obferved and commended as good in thofe Corinthians. Second-
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