Thegrojfefl .self-mnrder; s ~ i({ety reafonable : there is afweet phrafe, Pfaj . 78. 50. He made away to hi,. anger: in the H~ brew ..cis, he weighed a path to his anger. H~ we~ghed it i~ aballance : ~arkhow reafonably and proporttonably God/ 1s angry. _He puts his · · anger and mens fins in a ballance, .· and weighs out the right meafureofanger. When _a ier– vant forceth aMafier to be angry, whether he will .or ,no , he cannot complain nis Mafiers anger- is unreafonable;. he may go of his er– tands,an'd he will nor; · he, may ,d0 his bufinefs:J .. . and he will not :, if he tannot do the bufmefs it felf ' yet he may·ufe the. rilearis ·' arid will not. . Now kis Mail:ers anger 1s very reafonable, becaufe he forceth him to be angry : as the churning_ of. Milk... hringeth for!h J!utter; fo the jorci11-g of -wrath bringethfor!h Sfr~fe., Ptov. 3o. 33. He does even churn hts. .Mafiers paffions, 'and he forceth- the fame, as a churner for– cing the Milk to become Butter, fo h_~ _ forces ones.. kindrteffe to become anger ;. and there~ fore the anger is very reafonable~ So God is very reafonable in his anger : wilt thou not ufe the means to be quickned ? Suppofe thou canfl: not quicken thy felf, but wilt t,hou not . fet about the mearts ? This churneth the Lords anger, an~ his anger is very reafon• ab~. . · · .Fourt?ly, .Gods :.offer of his 1\wgdom to the 4· J.4.rgn. wtcked ts f~nous : tf they were fenfeleffe and quite dead; and could do nothing , his offer ~ ·· were not ferious : fhould a man offer a·n huna dred pound to adead ~arcafe , here is anhun•' drcd pQttn4 for you; if you"l take it 1 i'legive it • 0 • F ~ - you~
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