Chap. tCg. AnExpofirionuponthe Boól¿,of J O B. Verf. 22. 305 Now while ?ob fpake thus to his friends, Ye are notfatisfied withmy flefh, his forrow tranfported him too farce, and while he was begging compatriot', he (hewed himfelfe toopaflionate. Good men doe not alwayes keep the due bounds, either of fpeaking or of doing. cob's friends had dealt harfhly with him but furely they were not thus infatiably cruel!. Yet what he faith fomewhat over -largely ofhis friends, is not at all over- large for force mens difpotitions. Some there have been, and poflibly filch there are who are not fatisfied with the flefh of thofe who are in aflli &ion. And therefore we may hence note in general!. Such is the cruelty oftome men, that they are unfatúfiedwith the corporali troubles ofothers, except they trouble theirfpi- rits, andvex theirfoules. Yea force have rifen to that height ofwickedneffe, that no- thing could fatisfie them, unleffe they could damn their foules, Flefh will not fatisfie them ; to take away the life ofthe body, is a poor revenge; they mutt deliroy the foule, if they can. Such was that exquifite malice of that Italian, who not fatisfied with the fief:h ofhis enemy, firft threatnedhim into the denial! of God,and then that he might have a perfeét revenge, flew him prefently, left he should repent. Such an abomination there is in the heart offorce men. And it was an abomination very like this, which was in his heart, who beingat theexamina- tioq of one who had committed a great murder, for which bloudy fat`l,he profeffed much forrow and repentance, laid, It troubles me tofee the villaine fo penitent, Iam afraid he willgoe to heaven. The Civil! Magifirate a.A Officers ofthe State fhould be fatisfied with the outward flefli of the moft h.iinous offen- ders, as the Church ought to be fatisfied with the inward flefh, that is, with the defiruftion of fin in the g eateft finers, and fhould rejoycein, yea by all meanes provoke them to repen- tance, that their foules may be faved in the day of the Lord Jefus (i cor. 5.5,) Double revenge belongs only to him, Who after he path killed bathpower to call into hell ( Luk. iz. 5. ) Indeed'neither the moft cruel! Magiftrates nor murderers can doe more ( Luke 12. 4. ) yet they (hall be judg'das havingdone rocre, who have either wifl:ea or attempted more. That mix_ R r [.tare
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