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t.ó
Chap.
3
2.
An
E.rpó
&tion
upon
the
Book,
of
Jos,
fi'erf,
p
Gourd;
is
an
argument
of
undue
love to felfe.
When
God fpared
Ninevc/rthe
Prot
:het was
exceeding
angry,(.'on.
4. a.
)
But his
-was
fîntull anger
;becauf
he.
was angry
for his
ownefake,fearinú
ro be
calieda
tall
,
Prophet
;
He fet
himfelfe
donne
to
fee
what
tvoúld
become of the
City,
that
he might
have
'a
perfonall glory,
and be cryed up for
a Prophet
indeed. And
when
God
had
Emit-
ten
his
Gourd,
he was angry and angry unto the death
(Ter.
8.
)
and
all
becaufe hemiffed that which
plea-fed
himfelfe.
Many can
be
angry when
they themfelves
are.difcredited,
but when
dilho-
now.
'is
cal}
upon
-God,or
his
interefl flighted,
how
quiet
and
tame,
how
cold
and
dull are
their fpirits
!
The
anger
of this
man
was
a
noble anger,
as
to
the
occafion and
rife of ir,
Jobs felfe
-:ju-
flirication,
or-
Becaufe
6ìe
jug
if
ed
himfelfe
rather
¡ben God.
This
is
a
high
parr;
and
May
juflly provoke our
anger,
EChi
was
not
angry
Sob
becaufe he
'juflified
himfelfe;againll
his
friends, but
becaufe hé
juflified himfelfe rather then
God.
Here
.a
queftion
will arife, and
it
will
ask
fome
paints to
de-
termine
it;
Was
this
true?
did
7'ob
;uflifie himfelfe
rather
then
God
?
Was
it
poffible
Tob
should do
fo'?
I
(hull give
only
a
gene=
ral'1
antwer
to
this
queflion;7ob'did
not
juflifie
himfelf
ratherthen-
God,either
explicitely,
or
intentionally, but 'byconfequents` he
did.
And though
irbe
granted that lob
gave jufl
ocóofiorí
of
this
fharp
reproofe
by his
rash and paflìonate
fpeeches,
uttered
in
the
`heateof
difpi
te,
and
in the grief of
his
heart,yet it
cannot
be
de-
',tiled
that
El
hu'ìd
foiiaewhat flrain
fobs
words, though not
be-
yond-their lence, yet beyond
his
fence,and
gave
them
the hardefl
interpretation
(
fomewhat befide
the
rule
of
charity
)
which
they
could'beare,
-nor
did
he cbferve that meeknefíe and moderation
'Which
might
well have
become him, to
a
man in
that
cafe.
O
how
:hard
ie
it
not to
of
e
;rd
or
doe
ill; while.we
are
doinf
well
!
.
To
cleare
this
á
little
:further confider
,
There
is
a
twofold
ftraining of
Words
;
Firíl,beyond the
fence
of
the words fpoken;
Secondly,beyond the
fence
of the
fpeaker.
I
doe not
fay
Elihia
in affirming
thisof
Job, flrained his words beyond
their
fence,
but
he
flrained them beyond
fobs
fence.
fob
fpake
~Words
which
'might'
lay
him
under
this cenfure,
that
he
jufi-ified
himfelfe rather
tken
God
;
But this
was
-far
froth his
intention;
For doubtlefle
he
had