Ofthe mils that accompany vxiujl`anger. 49 isbut f efh,nourfhhatred(andaskapardon ofGod)who willix` treatefor bit firmes ? 6. Remember the end , and let enmitie palle, &c. It alto maketh mennotablic finne againft the third com- mandement,bycaufing them through impatience to fall in- to curfing and imprecations,fvvrearingand blafpheming the name ofGod. It caufeth them alto grieuouflie to finneagainft the fourth commandement , by making themvnfit for theexercifes of the Sabbath,as inuocatiôandhearing ofthe word, becaufe they whoarepoffeffed therewithhaue theirminds diflurbed anddiftra&led either by thinking vpon the iniurie, orelfe of reuenge. So that there is not one commandement of the firfl table which anger dothnot notoriouflie violate. But as it ouerthroweth the verrues ofthefirfltablewhich Itouerthrom. refpe6pietie , fo alto ofthe fecond table which refpe&Iu-e d trrtt. ftice:andfrfl ofall Iufhce it felfe;whofegenerali rule is this,. Vt fuumcuique tribuatur,thatthat bee giuen to euerie one whichbelongeth tohim. For anger maketh mennot onelie tanegle& all good duties which they owe vnto their neighbours, butallo to oppreffe themwwith vndeferued in. furies andvniufl reuenge. It ouerthrowethalto charitie which is the fernof the fe- cond table, whole generali rule is this , That we lone our neighbours as ourfelues:for anger in Bead ofperformingany duties ofloue, caufeth men to bring foorth the fruits ofha- tred:and in Beadof louingtheirneighbours as themfelues, it maketh them to hate them as their mortall enemies. Ininit it were to (land vpon particulars, but by this which hath been faid it is apparant , that the furious flame ofanger doth confume in vs all the vertues and fanclifying graces ofGods fpirit,wherein principally the image ofGod confifleth. Secondlie,as it defaceth invs the image ofGod,fo it doth §Stir. make vs like vnto Satan, for hee is the fpirit ofdiffenfion, T Yniy/t anger wrath and reuenge as God is afpirit ofloueand peace.It is maeethe men e, , p li!¿e the .diHeA,. the nature ofSatan todelight in rage and furie, for he is a rnurtherer fr.ona the beginning , Iohn8.4q.. not onelymur_ 1010.44. thering
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