anet to .versant vntta offs?, angry with the rod wherewith I aw correi}ed , but rather Tooke to the hand which infli&&41h the chaflsfement,and l wil fay with Dauid. Pial. z 39. 10. Iamdtsmbe anddoe not open rnynsouth becaufe thou doeft it .Othcrwife I fhould ccnaant as great folly as he who is angry with the flaffe wherewith he is beaten , andneuer regarded) the (-miter , and Phewmy felfe as mad as the dogge, wholooketh not to the cafler,but wreaketh his anger by bitting the (lone. Secondly, wearc to confider that the iniurics which we haue received, arc much lei:Te then by our finnes we haue deferued ; for they are but light, or if not light, yet momen- tary,but our finnes haue deferued infinite and cternall pu- nifhments . Iftherefore the Lord vCe thefe earthly rods to corree our finnes, we arerather to admire his mercy then to be angry at Co gentle chaflizement; let vs therefore looke vpon our finnes and not vpon our puni(hmcnt, and fo (hall we patiently beare the iniuryoffered, as Pent fromGod , be- cattle in refpeet of him it is no iniury; andnot as it is infliE- ed by man and be ready to follow the example of David, who when hewas iniurioufly abut-ed. by Shemei, was not prouokedbyanger to take reucnge, becaufe he lookednot vponShemei , as beingbut the influment , but vpon God who was theauthor. 2.Sam. i 6.to.r z. The third meanes to fubdue anger by arming vs with patience, is to call continually to remembrance the bitter pafìonand fuffcrings ofChrifl for our finucs, For ifwecon- fider how patientlyhe indurcdfcoffesand reproaches, ray- ling and reuiling,buffetingand fcourging,yea death itfelfc, and the anger of God moregrieuous then death , not for any demerit ofhis, but for our fakes; we may calily Culler fuch fmall injuries as are offered vntovs by men ,_at our Sa. uiour Chrila requefl , acing we haue deferued farre grea- ter . As therefore thole which were flung with the fiery ferpents, were healed if they did looke vp to the brafcn ferpent, which was ere f ed to this end :fo ifthis fiery fer- pent ofvniufl anger haue flungvs, and the burningpoyfon thereof l'fal.r39.i0 g.SeEl.2. Our iniurier reeeiuedlere thenour fiilnef Laue deferued. I.San1r 6. Io.tr. §.Sea. 3. 3.MFvies te m.editcteox arijts pafjïon. Mar.5.3g. Nuns .zr.8.
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