710properties ofvniuftt anger. 35 Laflly, our anger is vnlawfull , when as in our angerwee S,Sc7 4. propoundvnto our fclues no lawfull end ; as theglorie of 4.- who/ the God,the publicke good oftheChurchor common- wealth, end i; vh or the private benefit ofour felues , or of our neighbours: tawfi1, but rather private reuége and fatisfying of our tumultuous sffe&tions by thehurt or deflrtt&iô of himwithwhô we are difpleafed. And this is álwaies tobe obferucd in all exam- ples ofvniufl anger,as in Caine; anger towards Abel ; Saul; towardsDap/id; Nabuchadnezers towards the three chil- dren; the Scribes and Pharifes towards our Sauiour Chrifl. And fomuchfor thecaufes ofvniuflanger.Nowwee are to fpeake ofthe properties thereof, CHAP. IIII. Of the properties of vniuft anger. He fiat propertieofvniuflanger,is,that it is S.Seft,i, immoderate;for though our anger haue ne- The frff pra. uerfo iuilacaufe,yetifit growviolent,andmóderat n ant of degenerate from anger towrath and furie, it isvniuft, for it fauourethnot ofthe fpirit ofGodwho is merciful! and eafie to be in- treated , but rather ofthe flefh and the corruption thereof. And therefore wrath (tliat is, violent anger) is numbred atnongfl the works ofthe flefh,the doerswhereof (hall not inherit thekingdome ofGod: Ga1.5:2o.$i. Now ifwe would know how to difcerne when our anger is immoderate,it is eafilieknowne by the fruites thereof.As girt!, when it prouoketh vs to vtter words difhonorable to God,eithcrby prophanc blafphcming ofhis holyname, or wicked curling and imprecations; wherebywee defire that he (houldbe the executioner ofour malice;oropprobrious to our neighbours, as when our anger buricth out into bitterand reuiling fpecches tending onely to his di-grace. An example whereofwee haue inSbemei, z.Sam.i6. K: who reprouing Dduid for his fit-Ines , vfcth filch gall and bitter- nes,that it cleerely appeareth his angerproceeded not from F the
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