OfcJnger. ly angrie ; know alfothat fuch aone exaltethfolly, andthatanger reek in thebofomeofondu. &.tt a manof a patient fpirit paffeth in wifedom. Yea,let him know,that fuchanger is notgood, and therefore labourcarneflly thatit maybe repre«ed.inhim t which that heemay doe, let him thinke andknow that before holyanger there mullgo prayer,that the Lordinmerde mayright- ly dire& him in thefame. If therefore wecannot,or do not before our anger , or when the oc- cafon is offered, pray unto the Lorde, that he may keepevs vpright in the fame : wee haueto fufpe&our anger, for we are in danger to fall and offend therein. Thirdly, it isamarke ofChrifian anger , when we are angrie with finne inwhomfoeuerwee rbe third finde, orwhofoeuer committeth it ; for many willin their owne matters and caufes bevery an- Note 91'1,64+ orie, and in themwit pretend acareful male of Godsglory : but if a finnebeconmitred which angers° bean. wucheth them not, they can eafilylet it paffe; as ifa mansowne wifebe a whore , hischildren grre withfrnne wbtreJneacr difobediene, his feruants fubburne, and wilfull,or ifany finne be committed that touchcrh him we fndert. necre,then willhe exclaime andcrie out for thatGod is difhonoured,andw ill fay,Whoeuer law Each feruants ? What wickedncfe is in children now adayes, that theybe thus difobedient ? and what women be thefe todothus wickedly? In themeane time ifanothermans feruantsbedílo- bedient, ifhiswife bean whore, hecannot be angrie, he cannot be grimed. Such men as there mull needesfufpe& their anger, forherein they bewray want of faith,want of lone, and want of careof the glory of Grid, whichas it is aduancedbythe obedienceofothers; as wellasbyours; foit islikewife difronoured by the finnesofothers, as well asby burs. But when thefnnedoth not concerne as, if then wecannotbe contented, but thevery zeaieof Godsglory,and thelout ofour brethren dothmouevs thereunro:then maywe think our harts are vpright in that anger. Againe, there be diners, which when their enemies offend, thenwill theybe readie to crieout Ttte, againf it , andwillbe highlydifpleafed withal) : butif their friendes offend,they canbeare with w them, and thinkethe fanne in them fnsall ornothing. ButChrillian and fpiatuall anger iscleane" contrary,for itrather beares with thefault in hisenemies, then in his`friends,and moil former more no Iharpely rebukeitinhis friendthen in hisenemie. Therefore filchfriendes as can fnoothawan in his fuse, are neither to be liked,nordefrred, for Open rebuke is better thenferret loue,andthe ,admonition. woundsofa loner are fweete. Wee fee that if a mans childeor his wife, orCome fpeciall friend were fickein bodie,theyvfeall meanes,thatthey mightbe rellored to theirhealth;and ifthey did not,their wife, children, or friends would quickly thinke theyloned ibena not: And whylhould it not bethus inthe fpirituall fickneffe of finne ? howdoth a manloneme, when he will not vile all meanestodelineeme from the dangeroffume ? When therefore our frienifesdoe fall into finne, if thenwecan be angrie,and that, when theydo moll favourvs, becaufe the caufe is Gods,and concerneththeirfaluation : if thenwe canremember old lone, and temper wifely loue with an- gerto reproue them', it is a ligne that our anger is notflea lybut of the fpirir. Fourthly, there is anoteofchriflian and fpirituall anger, which though it be very like to the thefourrb former, yet it difcernethonefrom another, as much as any oilier doth. For man menwill bee aoreol bol sY Y Y anger,tobean- angriewithothermens Cannes, but theycanneuerbe angry for their owne. Againll fuchas there, Brie with oar theLord fpeaketh,faying, Hypocrite calf etathe beame out ofthineowne eyefirt, and thenthou noneJunes. Atilt fie tocaffout the moteout of thy brothers eye. And againein anotherplacee ¡leethatis Mntth7 eleereamong you, calf thefrrffffoneather. Ioba3.7. When we therefore éan be arilangrie with ourowneCannes, and moreangrie with them, then withothers,yea when we canthrow thearil )toneat our felues; then is ouranger of the Lord. For no man can ever he angrie in vprightneffe withother mens finites,which cannot frabegrieued, and angtie withhis owne. Rout- angerbeginne firfwith our fclues,and that foreueryfin that is in vs, fo that thereisno finnewhich weare willing tofauourin our(clues, or deaconsto continue,and lie in it í1i11, and noman is more grieuedfor ourGanes then weout (cluesare, andwedoe moreaccufe andcondemne our (clues then any otherdoth , or cando; and againe ifa finnebe not invs;yet webeafraidleali it maybe,and therefore we vfemeans againa it :then if we be angrie withthe fanne of others, wehaue thisgoodwarrant, thatour anger isgood; yea, ifwe be accufcdorthought tobe corruptlyangrie, eitherwithout owne caufes, orwith ourenemies,ínfomuchthat mencondemneouranger,yet we haue theteaitno. nie of our heartsand confciencesto tell vs that iris notfo, andtberefóteherein may weetake foundcomfort. V7 4 Fifly 499
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