6a4 Ch.l>,. 3 r. .$n Expo¡tion upon the Bloke of J o B. Vzrf.29; will be rejoycing prefently, but don't rejoyce at my fall ; For I fltail arise to, your fall. David complaines of filch malignants PP1al.3ÿ.r 5 ) !n myadverfieie they r.joyced, andgathered ,hem- Pelves together, yea the abj Eh gathered tbemfelvea together. It is 1:1;c1 ( Rev: a r. ro.) when the ewe leitneffe.r ¡ball be Elaine, then tlnty that dwelt upon earth ( that is, meere earthly men ) /ball re- joYce over them, andmake merry, andgullfindgifu ene t'o another, vecaesfe thefe two `Prophet., tormented them that dwelt crt the earth. Now as the wicked Pet thetnfelves andprovoke others to rejoyce at the deftrudionof thofe they hate;So agodly man bath tome- what to doe to kcepe himfelfe from rejoycing , when they who hate himare deftroyed.'Tisanargument ofmuch grace andho- ly moderation, when the heart is not lifted up at the fall ofan enemy -The pailion ofrevenge bath not prevailed fo far over ma- ny as ro compel them to contrive and plot evils agoinft their ene- mies,or to lie in Waite to ad and execute it ; yet they can be well enough pleated & inwardly delighted when they beam of any e- vil! befalling them:yea force thiake they have difcharged & payd the whole debt of love to an enemy very fully, if they doe nei- ther devìfe nor admifchiefe againff him, when as in the meane- time they nourifh teeter rifirgs in their fouls againfi him;and up- on reports of his deftmdion.fecret rejoycingsat ir;yet revenge in the aff,dions is aitoglther as finfuli beforeGod (though not at all pcn ml among men) as that which breakes out intoopen vio- lence ; yea, they who rejoyce at the deftrudionof their-enemy are felfeavengers, as wel as they who dcffroy him, And there. fore Thirdly Observe- ia rej-yce st the degreglicn ofan enemy, is to take revengeup on an enemy, "tie anaft of revenge. Thus the Lord. threatned $dom by his Prophet (Obad: v, ro, a t , t 2. ) For thy violence agaiaff thy brother 7aeob,tbame fkall co- ver thee; and thou fbalt becut cfffrr ever. But what Was this vio. lence,wbich Eelem,the pofierity of EIau,did to the defcendants of ?acct. It doth not appeare in this context of the Prophet that they actually did them violence, but they contented to and were wel pleafed with the violence which was done them by the 46ylonians and fo 'cis explained in thenest verfe, In the day rhea.
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