ItV F.BS; a mans rebukes toGods ownefentence, trufling to finds him more favorable to their foules,& leite difpleafed with their finnes , than their minifters, or neighbours, or friends, that rebuke them. For as their rebellion is moll againfl him,by the contempt and tranfgreflion ofhis righteous law, fo is his iuflicemo[t againfl that,with perfect hatred and dereflation. Inflrucion , that therefore we extenuateour faults no more, to make them feename fmall : (for fo we may caufe the Lord todilcouer thegrieuoufnelfeofthem) but let vs finde out as much cuill by our films as we can, and acknowledge as much as wee Linde, that he may page by, and pardon it. DoEtr.2. Lay'mite&c.] When cruel' men intendmoli mifchiefe, they commonlymake the leaf( ihew thereof, See Chap. u. verfe 6. Doeii.3. For the innocent, &c.] None are fo much Cubic& to wrongs and iniurics, as theywhich lea(' deferucthem. Themoreharmeleffe any man is, the more harmes are wont tobe attempted againft him. Pfill.rr.'.3. Thewicked bendtheir howe, andmake, ready their arrowes vpon the f ring, that they may fecretly fhaete at the vpright irs heart. For thefoundations fhallbe calldowne : but what bath the Eráy <,,1 f, righteous done ? Tea truthfaileth; andhe that refraineth from end , maketh hirnfelfe a prey. Neuer had any man fo many and great indignities offered him, as Chria had, the onely perfèc`I and abfolme rightcoùs one, fromwhom aloneall that will be reputed righteous, or line righteoufly, mull re- ceiue their righteoufnefte. And they that camesearefl vn- to him, and were molt,like him in grace and innocencie, haue in all ages beene moll maligned, and made likefl veto him in troubles and fuferin s : as appearcth by the com- plaints of'quid, of El0h, ofJeremy, and of other the Pro- phets: andby the predictions ofCbrifl, and the hiflories, and teílirnoniesof the newTeflament, concerning thecon- ditionofPaul, and the rea of the Apofllcs. Rearir: z. Fira, a blarneleffe conuerfation bath at all times beene offenfiue to vnrighteous men, whichdoe nothing but of- fend : and therefore they fcldome purfue their enemies with
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