_$96 Chap. 31. Expolition apon the Book! of j o z Verf.29; pyced not at it. If i rej;yced at the d1ftr aiea tfhim that hated met. ym The root: of the word rendred to hate, frgrYifin both to hate contem; fit and to negleci., yea to conternne ; and thole whom we hate, we alwayes negled and often contemn: too. So the word is ufed Gen 26.27. as air0 .2 Sam: 13 22. 'Ind Arahm fpake ii to hi., tr&r:fr /ionnmv neither good nor bad ( that iS, he Lighted and contemned him )for Abfal, n hated Amnon bccaufehe badfreed kit lifie.r Tamar. As he fpake nothing at all to him bout that n .tter, the abufe ofhis fifter, fo doubtleffe he grew more refer. ved then formerly towards him in another matters, becaufe he hated him. 7bs haters were an his deriders and defpifers, as was filmed at the firft ninth and tenth verfes of the former Chapter. If Ihave rejoycedat thedffirmaion of him that hated mee. To cleare.howmuch 70b fayd,when he fayd,the men at whole ruine he did not re;oyce, were filth as hated him, let usconfider What he did not fay of them. Firft , He did not fey, Ifihave rejoyced at the defirsielion of. him that was not myfriend, or benefaa-o ; and yet not to doe ano- ther good when we have power and opportunity in our hands, is a degree of bitted ; he that withholds a favour fromhim who needs it, is a negative Enemy. Secondly, He did not fay,If I rrj yced at the defirnE im ofhim thu never wron dnoe,ner dïei nte 'wine ; And yet there are many who doe fo, yea who reJoyce at the cleftrudion-of thofe who ey- eher have, or would have done them good. Thirdly, He did not lay, IfI rejoycedat the defiruflion of him that bath taken 4lifitaft, and dipteaft,ire at me ; not a few are ready to doe fo upon every light occafion, yea though we,may be un- der the prefent difpleafure of.a man as well as of God, who yet really loves us. But 70b faith plainely ( and what could he fay more to prove the truth or highten the degrees ofhis charity)/fI rejoiced4t the defirnaion of him that hatedme, even with a deadly hatred ; If I rejoyced at the deiruCtionofmy worft enemy, my inward ene- my, my hearty enemy, Whole fpirit was fteept in bitternes, in the gill and wormwoodof implacable malice againft me,. who as he Lath
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