354 Ofoffences. OfInjuries. hebe not againft theprince, he is with him ; but if hebe afubieEt, ifhe benot with the prince,he is againft him,and (hall fuftainethepunifhment ofa rebell. VPhotbeybe g Ifwewouldknow, what it is to preuert, we(hall fee itinAuguflinedeverareligion, andwhat it is ea.34.toput outof order, asit were Ihufing the cardsto place a deucewith a king, toperuert o- to bbinginthat,winchihouldbekeptout. Nowwhat is order ? that the worllbeWhitt thers. to the better. Then thofe areperuerfe, which place the worft aboue thebeh, whichpate them in great callinges, whichare vnworthie tobe among the bafèpeople. To thecaic isfayd, ceafe to doeperuerily. None peruertsanother, but firft heperuertshimfelfe; and chafethat peruert themfelues, peruerttheir rules or theirendes : theirrules, as toprefer manslaves beforeGods lawes ; their ends,as preferringtemporal(things, as this cafe, this gaine, beforeetérnall : now and thenattheir lealùre thinkingofthechiefcend nfall, but preferring theother.Euen asthe crab going backward himfelfe,perfwadethall other fillies theyfwimwrong : fo thefe being peruerfe thenfeluesbegin then to flniffle thecardes,then theywillhaue men beoftheir minds,ortheywilturne iufticeinto wormwood,that it (hall be asbitteras wormwood to thegood man to doeiuftice : for mypart I wouldAchab trou- bled*wino more,thoughEliah bcarethe blame. g He fayd thatwhen he confidered how Noah, Mofes and others fell in their latter dayes, and how the moth excellent haue fallen ; he moil earneilly prayed that theLord would take him out of theworld, before that his life should bring anyoffence toilet Church ofGod. no Jacoband Efáucannot agree in one wombe, Sarahand Agar cannot agreeioWIC houfe,Ifaacand I/hmaelmuft notdwelltogether: there isno agreement betweenethe chit. dren of God andthechildren ofBelied. rr Mofis was angrie, and is commendedfor it, fothateuery anger is not condemna- nable, butto beangrie withouta caufe and without ineafure. Somemen will be angrie Ater. for their owne caufe, andveryhot;but in Gods taufe they will not be angrie at all : this is a flethly anger : but when men iìnne either to the difhonour of God, ortheir ownede- ftruetion, then tobe angrie, is a goodanger, ifthe laluationofour brother dot'smoue vs tghaináu- -thereto,notourowneiniuries: foruvecanbearewithpatience ,iniuriesfofarreasprinately. vies effetebe it concernethvs, but when it touchieth Godsglorie, wecannot butbeangrie. Some are borne. angrie for euery thing, and in light matters, and yet not in waightie matters ; then let thole men take heede, for thefe are very faultie. Butif we be like the Lord, nor marking what is doneamiffe, nor being angrie continually, that we had rather be toned then fea- red, and according as the matter is, fo is our anger ; then is it good : otherwi(e it is not tobee allowed ; for as the Lord dot's vie more meanesto caute vs to loue him then to feare him; fo ought wee todoe, and tobee more carefull with loue to dune, thenwith angertocompel'. The Lord isflow towrath : and anger refteth in thebolome offooles, whereas a wife man will repreffeanger. Then let our anger beeaccording to thefault, To rainmid) a light fault, a light anger, of final) continuance, but weemutt beleeue the Lorde to toue. bee greatly grieued with great finnes. In Gods caufe fome men are moued, when themfelues are alfo touched; but if theinfelues bee not touched, they can bee quiet: but when their brother is hurt, though GOD bee dithonoured, they care not. If wee fee our fettles moued but then, when our felues are touched, letvs fufpe& the want of faith, of loue, andzeale ofGods glorie, and thinke wee Rand toomuch toour owne praife : but if wee cannot bee content when the things doe not touch vs, but men the glorie of G OD doff moue vs to anger, then is it good, and of God. Though foam bee our verse friendes, yet we can bee molt angrie with them when they fauourvs; and when they difpleafe vs, wee can remember the olde loue, and fo í1i11 mingle anger with loue and if I can bee angrie with whom foeuer I fee the fame finne in, then is it alto of GOD, and to bee allowed : and indeede trueChri- ftian anger will fooner bee to his friend, then to Isis enemie. Againe, whenwee can firth beginne with our finnes, and bee more angrie for them then for others (for no mancan euerbee angrie for other mens finnes, which cannot bet angrie fortheir owne) andthis is that which Chrift faith. Cali the beame out of your owne eyes, hoc. But when
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