42 Of t1 kjndsof vniuftfanger. which though it bee not altogether fo great a (inne as the other ,yet it isalto condemned and forbidden as no fma11 fin Matth.5.39. in the word ofGod: Matth 5.3 9, Refifi not euill; but tohim whofmiteth thee on the right cheeke, turne theleft alfa , &c. ROm.12.19. Rom.I 2.19. e/juengenot your felues,forit is written ,ven- geance is mine , andIwi11repay,faith the Lord, And fo tai uch for the fir(} diftinc`lion ofanger. §.Sea.4. Secondly, anger is diftinguifhed into three kinds in refpct feconddi- of the Cubiec4 thereof. The lira is ofthofc who areToone an- ffinEiion (fan- gric and foone leafed. The fecond of themwho are flow oftbeubiefï o anger and alto flow in being reconciled. The third of o°tbejubieí, thofewho areToone prouoked toanger,and ado long conti- nue in it. a.Haftieenger. For the fir(l, they may not unfitlybee compared to flaxe which is foone kindled andfelon fire, but Toone alfoeatin.- guifhed , vnleile the flame bec continually nourifhed wirh new matter : fo their anger is caíly inflamed by the lead fparke of occafion, but Toone mitigated, vnlefl'e it benouni- fhed with new prouocations : or their anger maybe likened vnto fire in rhornes,which rnakcrh a great blaze for the time, andyeeldeth a crackling node, but Toonegoeth out, vnlei% anewfupplie of matter bee continually added: fo they are foone inflamed, but when their anger hatha little fpent it belle in words like the crackling ofthornes, it is foone quen- ched andpacified. Hafienatures Thefe men in theworld arcPaid to haue the bell natures, in the world but in truth it is fart e otherwife. For that nature is bell which commended. PfaLI o3mot+ refembleth God himfelfe, who as he is flow to anger, .8 9 fo he is readie to forgive , Pfalm.103. 8.9. If therefore we would in truth hauegood natures, we muff imitate theLord, that is, be long before we are prouoked to anger, and readie Iam.I.4f. tobe reconciled ; to thefir(l the are exhorted, Iarrr. r. 19. We Natth,f.z <. flow towrath; ro the latterrMatth.5.25. e./Qgrecwith thinead- sserfarie quickIie, and that not oneliewhen thou.' hall offen- ded him, but altowhen he bath offered the in.urie vnto thee, and that not once or twife, or till feuen titnes,but vntofeuen_ Matth.18.zz,tie rimes feuen times , as our Sauieur exhorteth , Mar. r 8. 2 2. g.Seit.g. But le(} wee fhould content our felues with this nature which
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