'. 16 Chap. it. eArn 8xpofitien upon the _BoodZ-of J o B. Verf.4 fon ; and when a man is pacified, and the itorme downe, he doth rcdire ad re, returne againe to himfelfe. Such anger is "a {hoist yYiz t'r bie- madneffe, andmadneffe is but a long anger. Theywho are ful- tias' left of reafon, are fu theft from this anger, and molt difpleafed . with themfelves for it, if at any time it appeare upon them. Yet anger may be improved to excellent fervices, not only as it warmes the fpirit to refift that which is evil), but as it carries us on to good againft refinance ; In which fenle one of the Anci- Flutarchoa. ents tells us, that as reafon ought to be the Chariot-driver in man, and hold the reines: So the twoHorfes, that {houid draw on the Chariot of man in all his actions, are the ('oncupfci6le, and the irafrible appetites ; Thefe two asthey are qualified, mo- .dified, and kept under the reines of reafon, are of continual) ufe, otherwife they breake all , and our felves too ; as here it isPaid of Iob He teareth hirarelfe in his anger. Of this an- 'ger note ; Furious anger may hurt others , but it hurts our felves moil. None are more their owne enemies then angry perlons are; 'Doefit thou well to be angry, fàid God to ?onah, yea, faith he, I doe well to be angry, even unto death, Jon. 4.9. He means it not onely ofbeing angry till ,he dyed, but of dying for anger. That mutt needs be hurtful), yea mortali to man, which carries in it a re- fiftance againft the immortali God. Some anger is not one- ly a griefe for what is upon us, but a kinde of ftomacking at him who layes it upon us ; if we doe not confeffe it to be fo, the Spirit of God knowes it to be fo, and tells us plainly it is and therefore fuch anger cannot but hurt and teare our felves. For the avoydingofthis tearing, vexing anger, take thefe brief Counfels. Firft, In Provocations, have an eye upward ; This will balaft the fpirit, and make it.fteady; Heaven is above all fiormes and tempefts, andthe more we convene there, the leffe stormy are our hearts. Davidbad provocation enough to make him angry, and boyle up his palTon to the height (2 Sash. 16. 5. ) Ski- mei curled him, but he looked up, god/oathfaid to him curfe 'Da- vid,andthen how calm and meek washis fpirit ? As that is a good anger which is forGods fake, fo, looking up toCod will keep us form evill anger. Se-
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