444 Chap. zo. Fin E.rpoftion-upon the Book! of J O B. Verf. z: ttim & deli and that motion forbidsall dclayes -: fome expound this haft; by eit , ape,edj a kind of delight, for this I delight in anfwering, it is-pleafant to Jl natc igni me w,e ufually m-ake hair to doe thofe-things whiçh tve delight to doe. That's a good fence ; as it was prophecyed of Chrift (P/al. ú^, 7, °v:) Loe I come, "delight to doe thy will, there was hait and del;ght both together in Chrift ; it was written in the volume et Gods BMA that heMould doe-the will ofGod, and Chrift came with halt and delight to doe it ;. Zophar fpeaks neáre.the fame, It is mydelight to anfwer ; we render, for this I make haft, orfor this my haft is in we : Tt:ere is a twofoldhaft ; firit,, a foolifh ; fecondly, a-wife haft-; a haft of indifcretion; and. a haft ofdiligence ; a haft that precedes deliberation and a haft that follows deliberation ; Zophar would be underftood of the heft haft, when he faith, Imake haft, his meaning is, he made the haft of a-diligent man, who having wifely deliberated what to anfwer, makes haft to anfwer ; He would be underftood to make, the haft of an induttrious man, not of a paonate man., Hence note ; That in a good worke it isgood tomake haft. The Apottles rule (Rom.iz it.) is, Not floathfullinbufîxe Some haft maker waft, andmany make waft, becaufe they male no haft ; fome make more haft then good fpeed, others have good fpeed, while theymake haft. David. (Pfal. 31.zz.) fpake in too much haft,he fpake before he had well thought of it, 11äíd in my haft,.I am cat c fffrom before thine eyes. And Againe ('Pfal. i i 6. i 1.)IPaid iss myhaft, all men are liars, take heed offuck flatly fay- ings as thefe:he tells us alloof a commendablehaftwhich he ufed ( Pfal. 119. 6z.) Imade haft and delayed not to ;keep thy teltimo» :vies, this was the haft ofdiliger.ce, the other was the haft of un- beliefe ; he that believetti will not make baff,eyther to doe or fpeak what he bath not confidered, or finds no warrant for, when he bath cor-Gdered. To run on in a wrong way is from our unbe- liefe, or from our ignorance, but -he that believeth and know- eth will run in a right way , nothing provokes fo much to- a holy haft as faith doth. Faith moveth us todoe the will ofGod, and not to delay ; The motto of one of the ancients was, Makehaft fl,wly ;.another gives it as a rule, in the obfervation whereof heobtained ali his fucceffes Afa.käng no delay. The right flaring
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