z9 Chap. 3 t. 1In Expof l'erl:, 603 upon the Rook of J o t4. difference between thefe, but a contrariety, yea an ant lit' as to qualities and principles. Now antipathies are not agaiñtt this or that Individuali only, but againtt the whole kind, and efpeci- ally againíl the moll eminent individuallsof any kind. And there_ fore becaofe 7hwas a man foeminent and.exemplary, both for piety and for Juftice, he was hated the more. 'Tis the nature of evil! mon, is hate thofe that are good, and'tis their coeffonse eheket- ter theyare the more to hate them Secondly, Whereas lob faith, If 1 rejojced at the deftrretlien ofhim that hatéd mee. Obferve. (,man it very apt to rejoice in the hurt , or at the fall of thofe that loate him-'. Some Heathens have found the revengeful) taking away of an enemies life more fweete to them then their own lives ; and while ?oh profeffeth he didnot, doubtlefre he found a great. Combat in himfelfe not to doe it; 'cis no eafie thing, not to re;oyce when an enemy falls. Defire ofrevenge eyther upon an apprehenfion At iwd;tfabo- of wrong receaved, or of hatred expref ed by others againft us, sum tv t7 jjs Both fo deeply poifeffe the minds ofmany, that there's norhirg Pf . more difficult then to reftraine it, how difficult then is it to re. move and heale it ? And Purely if the beft men examine their hearts honeftly and thoroughly, they (hall find a great deale of thisold leven ly hidden in them, even while they are profeffing agairet it, and thinke they h :ve purged it our. Who is there that bath not forme fecret rejoycings and pleating motions within, when he heares of the deathor hurt of his enemy? and howha d- ly can fome,wilo are great Matters at the art of dif ienulation, dif femble it ? As for the groffer fort of Mankinde theydeclare this fin (asSodome did her other fns) they hide it not. Yea they proclaime it to all theworld, how fweete revenge is to them, and how much they reoyce at the deftruttion of thof that hate them, and ofthofe whom they themfelves hate. And the Church of God taw or rather fore. Paw thofe who hated her, fo forward to triumph in her ruines that the tends this checke and cooler of their paflion ( i' ieb. 7. 8.) Rejosce net agairft me Q mute enemy, when Ifail IJhail arife; As if the had fayd, I know as Toone as you feeme downe , or heale of my down fall you Hhhh2 will
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