646 Chap.3 Expofr.tiosa upon the Book of J o B. Verf.3 t. 4 errirnè tale that 7e6 did fo, that hee reproved his fervants here, as he did his v'rdri e íftoi wife before when thee gave him evil! Conned( (Chap, 2. 10 ) wn u i ¡Ili' re- Thou j' eakefl ou one of thefoolifhwomen /peaketh : bee did not only p*ehrndebat. flophis ears a ainft her counfel, but reproved her for it and that tctc: P $ , P ' with no enfie reproofe ; Thoufpcak=f# ( raid he) as one of thefoo- kb womenfpeaketh. what ?!hall we receive good at the hand of God, andfha11 we not receive evil! ? And thus in that Scripture be- fore mentioned concerning David, when Abiflai b gg'd leave to take offthe head ofShimei who had reviled and cur.edD.tvid, he turned with 'come peon, no doubt upon him, and fayd, what baveIto doe with'ou,yee Sens ofZerviah ? ( 2 Sam. 16 , o. ) He did not only deny him leave to take offSkimei's head,bur checks him for asking it. So ( Luke 9, 55. ) when the Difciples would have called for fire.fomheaven,Chrift turned about angerly and fail, Tee know not what fpirityeeare of ; yee fpeake like foolish men ; e irvinditlivefpirit is not aGolpel Spirit. As a godlymato will not endure that others should flatter him up into pride for the good that is in him, or bath been done by him ; fo he will not endure thofe that provoke him toevil', but declares his utter deteflation and ill opinionof them ; he tells them (as indeed they are) yee are thehandofthe Deill,yee are but his agents.A god- ly man layes when any give him ill councell in one kind or other, the band of theDevil is in aß this ; as Chrifi told Peter plainely, though a good man, and an eminent Difciple, when he diffwaded .him from fufferings. fervants moved bino to put his enemies to hardeft fufferings and Chrifts fervant difcouraged or dif'fwa- ded him from venturing upon hard or fuffeting fervices:Mfrier, this 'hall not be unto thee : but Cdirifi was not only not taken off from his purpofe of fuffering, but (Math, 16.22, 23. ) turned about and/aid, get thee behindmee Satan thou /av:ureft not rle things that he ofGod, but th:,j that be of men ; I here the devili (peaking in thee. Chrifi would not call him Peter, but Satan, though but a title before ( v. 18.) he fayd Thouart Peter, and upon this roc!¿( upon this Confef ionwhich thou haft made) will Ibuildmy Cburch.Jefu; Chrift relented the ill counfel of Peter(a Difciple, Aman of his Tabernacle) with greateft Indignation; wee fhou!d not only not doe the evil! wee are are advifed to, but make the advifer know that we take it ill at his hands to be fo advifed. Sixthly,
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