Thaw-cannot iudgeofourelate in the time oftentation. í69 difeafes of finneand corruption ? what wonder is it if they vtter railing fpecches when the fence of paine preffeth them fo fore ? how is it potfble but that they fhould doubt of Gods gracious loue and fauour, whenas they prefently tafle of but his rigor and iuftice ? We mull not therefore iudge ofourflue while the crofhe< is vpon vs, for fo fhould we condemne the generation ofthe 4:Sec`.g,: iufl to be moll wicked, then fhouldwee imagine thofe who Example to haueexcelled inpatience tobee moll wa wand and impati- ``eere thefor- p Y p merPoint. ent. Looke vpon lobwho is renowned for patience,and you tam, 5.1 a. !hall find that while the hand ofGodwasvpon him, hee be-. wraieth the corruptionofthe flefhand fheweth notable im- patiencie, curling the dayofhis natiuitie, andwifhing that . he hadneuer beenborne, or elfe that hee had prefentlie after his birthbeen fwallowed vp in the iawes ofdeath, Iob 3.So Fob 3 &.4.S. chap.6.8.9. he thus crieth out likea manutterly defperat: O 91o. that Imight hauemyde/ire, and that God would graunt me the thang that Ilengfor.9.That is,that CI odwitld drflroy me:that he wouldlet hishandgoeand cut meoff. io. Thenfhould ./Jethaue fomecoinfort, thoup-h I burn withforrow: let him notfpare,&c. Where lob feemeth to dealewithGod asa condemnedmale- fa for with a iufl & feuere iudge,whoPeeing the angerofthe Iudge incenfed againft him for hiscrime,hath nohope that hee can by intreatie and perfwafions moouc him to reuoke his fentenceofdeath, and therefore onlie deíreth a mitiga- tion ofthe tortures,and that hee mayquicklie bedifpatched and ridde out ofhis paine ; nammifricordixgentts e citò occidere, it is a kinde oftnercie tobee fpeedie in execution : _ So lobhaving nohope to be freed from his miferies, delireth onelie this favour at Gods hands, that hee wouldnot (as it were) torment him peecemealc, but make a quicke difpatch ofhimby laying on a greater waight of ali&ions, till by their vnfupportable burthen the breath were preffed out of his body.Andchap. i o. i8.wherefore haft thou brought meout fob ao.0,. ofthe wombe ? Oh that I hadperifhed, and that none eie had feeneme ! 19. And that I wereds Ihadnot been, butbrought from the? ombe to thegraue. Lookevpon the Prophet David who was a man according to Gods owne heart, endued with
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