Chap. 3t. An Expo;itisn upon the Boolg of J o B. Verf.3 ;. Thou hag choler iniq.sity rather then afflti{ion, whereas indeed when there two are propoted to our choyce;afi &ion and cranfi grelíì an, whether to fin or to fuffa, we ¡timid without any de- liberation or confide upon the po nt, chufe of iâionm and fuff,r- ings, yea death it felfe rather then in'quity. Therefore fay not, I ruined Tor feare,being threatened with utmoft penálties and t trearnities ; remember who threatens from heaven, and then you will not much regard who threatens on earth. The three chil- dren were threats :ed with a fiery furnace ( Dan. 3. 16.) Daniel h,mfelfe was threatned to be cat into the Lions den (`Dan 6.10 ) yet as the formerwould. not doe that.evill,the woi fhippfrg of the golden image, fo the latter would not forbeare to doe that good, the praying to and worfhipping the true God,for all their threat- rings. é ourthly, Saith another ache Eons ofAdam, true, I have fin- ned I have fworne rafhly, but (uch a man provoked ma.if I have done any man wrong or given him ill language it was upon ill language fi ft received from him , or upon wrong firft done to me ; and di have requited him in his kind, I hope this is no great n1 tter ; In this I may beexcufed, feeirrg he began with me and urged me to it : I had not wronged him, if he had not wronged me, nor had I given him an ill word, if he had not reviled me. Thas many wrap up the matter, andcover their tranfgreIlions. I anfwer, Can char which was finfullin another,make the fame ac`s done by thee finiefïl_ ? was it finfull in him to give thee ill lan- guage, or was it finfull inhim todoe thee wrong, and will it not be finfull in thee allo to give ill language, or do wrong ! the law given us of God muff be the guideof our aftings towards men, not the aftings of other men towards us. That's a good rule; Doe to othersae you mould be done to by others ; that rule will carry us quire through theworld. But this is a falle and a moft perverfe rule , Doe to othert,eu they have done toyou ; this is a moft un(crip_ tural rule, that faith, Thou!bale not give raylingfor railing, axd luhen eh to art curled thou /halt blue ; that's the command of Chrift ; and (hall any looke to be excufed for railing onanother, becaufehe rayled upon him firft ? or (hall he thinke to be excu- kd for curling another becaufe himfelfe was curled. Take heed of t.helepretendings,'cis the will ofGod we fhould doe good a gainft:evill Can it then be good to returns, evafer evil ? Fifthly,.
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