.648 Chap. 3 Z. An Expo'lam aspen the Took, of J o B. Verf. 31. (Malice it unfaritfied till it barb, tt the utmoft orfstllrff, re- venge ; It it not reel, tillit bath done its waft'. Love is not fatisfied till we have the higheft Enjoyment of the thing or perfon loved ;'Tis thus in the reali fgve_wehave one to another, efpecially in the reali love we have to Chrift, O how unfatisfied are helmets till they enjoy hire perfonally as now theydoe fpiritually; nothing can fatisfie a Saint, but the flefh or perfon ofChrift ; and therefore as Communion with him at his Table is fweete to them where his broken flefh is fed on by faith, fo they cannever be fully fatisfied till they behold his glo- rified flefh inheaven. Oneof the Ancients fayd, L'rdmy heart it unquiet till l returneto thee. Now as love finds no full latisfa- ti :tan till it attaines full fruition, fo wrath is unfatisfied rid it Math gotten full revenge I mull have his flefh(faith the wrathfuil man) I cannot be fatisfiedelfe ;'tis a death to me ( faith revenge) to feemy enemy live. Haman having conceived wrath ágainft r- decsi ( Heft: 3, 5.) nothing would fatisfie him bu: his . flefh ç yea he could eat up the flefh not only of a 4Lr ecai hut of the wholeJewith Nation, as was toncht before, Haman thought fcorne to lay his hand upon Mordecai alone(hewas not a mouth_ full for him) he mutt ftretch it out upon all the ,kwes. Thus Hfffer in her fupplication,reprefents their cafe to King Ahafbue- rats ( Chap. 7. 3, q..) wee arefould to befl aves to be dtfsoyedand to perifh : Here are three hard words ; firft wee are fuld to be fltvet; yet, faith thee, ¡Ibis malice and revenge had gbne no fur (.her thenour liberty, I fhould have held my peace; but thema- lice of this man knower no bounds ; wee are not only Could to be Haves ; but, fecondly, tubedelToyed ; and, thirdly, toperifh ; He will fuffer no remaines,no more remembranceof w in the world;. Henan, was a reaching revenge. As nothing will lath fie the ho- ly revenge which Saints take upon fin but the ruine of it. The Apoftle letting downe the effeeis of godly forrow in a Church ( which holds alto in every trued penitent pea ton ),reckons up, among feverall others, theft two (z Cur. 7. r s.) Indignation and revenge : Godly forrow working repentance not to be re- pented of fills the foule with indignation againfi fin, whether in our felves or others,nor will the repenting foul put up themotter rill it bathboth plotted and gracioufly a eed the higheft revenge,
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