Chap. ;1. An Expolitien upon the Rook of Jo a. Veri:3i. 643 Tabernacle firr'd him up to revenge a third cime, and laid incf fecct,0 that I had his flefa ! I cannot be fatisfied till I have it;my fingers itch at him, pray Sir, let me fall uponhim. Yea wee finde the fervants of the Lord Jefus Chrift himfedfe, very forward to ftirre him up to anger and revenge egsizdt ch_ofe that sired him uncivilly anddifcourteoufly (Luk.9.y4,5 j.) And when his Dj'eiples lames and 7cbnfaro this ( that is , that they would not receive Chrift ) they ¡aid, Lard, wilt thou that tree Commandfire to comedownefrom heaven and Confume thew even as Elias did i As if they had fàyd, Lord give effect to our pray- ers, and we will command fire from heaven to deftroy them. Thus inall ages men of power have had tempters neere them, $iaxfee:udini, even in their bofomec,to provoke and ftirre them up to doe evill, Evarge(ire vi- efpecially this evill, to revenge themfelvesupon their Enemies. don-_Job ex- Secondly , Confider yob was farre from any luth hunger or u , d z reos yai thirft after revenge, as his fervants provoked him to ; Indeed edverbcr toles (as one faith)he (hewed the expreffe image ofGofpel.rneehnes, excarrirf:entes while he pacified and mollified the anger of his domdticks, placaiat jg te- aiehay Mein Hence note. godly man is many timesfarre lc fe Jelled and troubled at his-owne wrongs; then othersare in boo bebalfe. The men of ,lobs Tabernacle were fo farre from patience at their owne wrongs, that they had no patience at his ; they could not beare the affronts and in,aries that were offered him , but he could. As ?ohs patience under the afi;Fting hand of God,fo un- der the reviling and abufive tongues and hands ofmen,had a per- feßworke. The hotteft and higheft flame of revenge in the men of his Tabernacle, could not heate his fpirit. Yst Thirdly No doubt lob was hard put to it to re`rairehis paf- fions when thus provoked. Hence obferve. Ill coun(el from friendsorfervants about us, is very enf paring anddangerous. And therefore,'tis a great piece ofSatans policy, to put it into the heart of neere friends or fervants, to blow up the coales of any Orion. There was none likeAhab (faith the Scriprure)whe* 7czabel his wife furred up. Ahab fould himfelfe toworke wick- Nnnna ed.
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