46 Ofthe kindsofvniuft Amer. euiil.And he that is fubtcd thereunto doth not onely fall in- to finnc, but allo is rcfolued to continue in it; yea he takcth delight therein oft tines by meditaring onreucnge,aswee may fee in Efau, who was rcfolued to rctaine his anger a- gain(i Jacob till his fathers death, and in the meane time Gen.z741.42.. comforted hiwfclfe by thisAcingoil revenge :Gen.27.4x.42 But ifwe wouldbecthe children of our heauenly father, we teal refemble him , not oncly in flownctïetoanger,but aIfu in fwiftnef c to forgiue : and thoughour brotheroffend vs feuenty times Ieuen times, yet mutt we continuallybee Mat.i8.sa. ready to imbrace reconciliation : Matrh. 18.22. ar.d fo wee (hall not be ouercome of twill , but ossercome euillwithgood- Rom.is.tr neffe, as the Apo(1leexhorteth vs, Rom.z 2.21. Whereas if we contiuuc in maliceu e (hall makeour (Clues likevntoSam ä+4atth.7.a, tan' and Cubic& to Gods wrath : Forwith what meafurewee mete, itfhallbe meafuredvetovs opine:Marrh.7.z. And as we forgiue men their trcfpatfes ,fowill our hcaucnlyfather Iviac.6.r.05 fore uc vs: Matth.6.14 z 5.And fomuch for the fccond fort. S.Se 1.9. The third fort is of themwho arc eafly prouoked vnto Haftinelfe to anger, and being prouoked will neuer be reconciled. Thefc anger and men arc mouf}ets innature, and flat oppolte to theL9rd: flow ebret°r` for whereas he is flow to anger and readieto forgiue, they c!axcilrauex., arcmol flow to forgiuc,and molt prone to anger . This an- ger I knownot how toexprethe , nor to what I may compare it , feeing naturali things cannot refemble it , becaufe it.is monfirousand againfl the nature ofall things, fauing man. For themoll fierce Liens and ci ucll Tigers haue fomccaufe which incenfeth them toanger, and force meafurcand end of their fury after it is prouoked ; and therefore they are far wortewho are angry without a caufe, and knownot how to makean end . Seeing thereforenaiurall thingsarenot fit to referable them,lct vs confider artificiali. They arc like vn- to tinder,whicla being kindledwith the leali fparke,will allo retaine the fire till it be confumed . But herein theyare vn- I,lcr : the tinder may cahly he extingui(hed : but their anger can byno mcanes bee mitigated ::hc tinder loth but con fumeit felfe, or at the lean thole things hid, are mere a.. bout it: but thofe thatarc from théfurthcil cliilant,are often fcorchcd
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