Chap. t9. yinExpofstionupon the Bookof J OB. Verf. 21. 295_ oneto another ; to fee our brethren overwhelmed with food s of forrow, and to give thembut drops ofcomfort ; to fee them in great diftreffe, and to give them but little helpe, is below our dude. He dothmuch who dothbut little, ifhe loth what he can, but he doth tao,thingwhodoto but a little while . he can do niuch, if much be wanting. Fifthly, In that fob layes it home upon his friends to pittie him, note ; There is a fpeciall obligation uponfriends to jhhewpittie to their difreffed friends. Common humanitie moves for pittie, much more doth profefld friendfhip. Many enemies have pittied their conque- red enemies. When Alexander the Great heard of the death of Daritu,and (far of the death ofPompey, they both fhed teares. When Titus Vefpatian (who came up as the fcourge of God againft feruralem, according to the prediction ofChrift, Lull 19.) law the miferable maffzcreofthe fewes,both by fword and famine, he expreffed much companion. Now ifingenuous ene- mies cannot with-hould their pittie to fallen enemies, how fhould they whohave both received andpromifed love, be mo- ved with pittie to their afited friends ? Sixthly, Though fob had received much hard ufage, and, many unkindneffes from his vifrters, yet Rill he calls them his Friends. Hence Note ; Agood mandoth not prefently calf thofe out ofthe number of his friends, who have dealt unfriendly with him.. True lovedoth not makeus blind, fo that we cannot difiin- guifh'between the congeries and dtfcourtefies of our friends,, but itmakes us fo cleare-lighted, that we can eafiiy diiiinguifhe, betweene our friends, and their dikourtefies. yob could fay that God acì;ed towards him as an enemy, yet fhll he reveren- ced and loved Godas his friend and father. So, in proportion,. did f b, and fo may we, take nonce of him doing a_s or great tankindneffe to him, and yet retained a good opinion of them that they were his friends. Lailly, Forafmuch as 7 °b cryes out in forrow, that the handorGod Lad touchedhim. Obferve;
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