Soo OfeXnger. I. Note. Pifrly, Comementhereare,whowhentheyareangriewichone, they will be angrie witball, Ifmen d and theiranger doth fo chafeand9uercome them as itwere,thattheyarevnfittefordutiesci- rheboands,or ther coGod,or theirbrethren. Thisangeris altogetherflefhly,andtobecondemned. That an- hinderboly get thenwhichmaketh vsvnfitte toheaveGods word, togot to prayer,which difquietethour duties. minds andtroubleth vs, that angerI fay is tobemffliked,though it were for a goodeaufe,aridin Gods behalfe: for theworkesof Gods ftpitit donot one letor hinder another,butrather do fur- therone another: infomuch thatif wee werecold in prayerbefore, yet thisearnefineffe in Gods cattlecloth quiekenvs vp,and makethvs very readievote prayer;if wewere Man healing the wotdbefore,weare now betteraffe&cd,andthis truezcale and angerin theLords caufe,and for hisglory, will put an edge to curry goodthingwee go about. Trueangerdoth not let vs from doing=duties votoGod , nordiminifh our lone towards our brethren; but rather ftirrethvp in vs a compaltion overthem, for thewrath of Godwhich wee fee hang oiler their heads. And for that caufe, we arc in pinemooed topray for them moreearneftly then before;fo farreare we from taking reuenge : yea there is agreater carein vs, how wemay helpethem out of their finne, then topunifhthem for their finne. So that hereangerfor the finite isioyncdwitha Inning com- patlion over thepartie : and the onedothnot fomuch moue vs totake reneneeofthem, as the o- ther dothmoue themto pixie their cafe. Here then is a fpecíall difference betweenethem_; for chrilliananger bathmeregriefe ioyned with it, both for the difhonour ofGod, and the butt of our brother : butcarnaliand flefhlyanger batha ioy andpleafurc in it, and feedeth itfelfe there- Mark.& with; and ispuffed vp. Suchgodly anger was in Chat againffthe Pharifes , where it is laid iha he was angryand forrowfull ;and inanother place, when hee law the deflru&ion of lerufalem, Matth.a3. 37. for their(tones, forwhichhe hadbeene angrie with them: it is faidof him, that he aepr. Like. wifePaul, threatning the Corinthiansthat for theirfinnes hewould cometo themwitha rodde; t.Corinth faith aficr,I am afraid that when I cometheLorddo humbleme,andI fhalbewailemany which haue finned:contrariwifeheEefcribeth flefhiyanger to befuch,as puffed) men vp,whenthey fee the uiissiesof theirbrethren. Now thatwe may cometohaueanholyanger wrought in vs forfsnne,it isneedful) that wela. Pfal.ég boor for that affèdiioa whichwas latheProphet Dauidwhen bee faith, The rebukes of them that rebuke thee,. haue fallenopon me. Where theProphet fhewerh , that entryCone whichwas committed again(}God, be thought that itwas committed againli himfèlfe,andwasas grieved and angrie therewith,becaufe the gloryof God (which wascommitted tohis care)was Ilained, andGod himfelfedifhbnoured ; and thisdid make himangrie and zealous in the caufe of the Lord:and thiszeale muffbealfo invs. Whichthat it maybe rempered,andnot toorigorous,we Rom.;4. ought elk. to confiderhow theAponte Paul applieth the fame place , when beewould exhort them tobeate the infirmitiesof the weake,and nottodeale over fharpelywith them:hebrirgeth the example of Chria, whohtffered for the flossesof the people, as for his owne,and foaccoun- tedof them: So then we oughtro thinke,that she linneswhich byourbreihressare committed; are committedofvs; andare ours : which if we cando,it wil much abate rigour and fharpedea. ling inadmonition ,asalfointhepunifhmentof fine..TheApoflleinanotherplace faith, Beam yet oase aoanthershurthen,and fa fulfiltthe meafureofChrifb. Now if we (hall ioyne thee two affeâions togetherin vs ; firft to tbinkethat entry fin committedagainft Gods Maiefite, iscom- «mitred againft vs; and againe that eueiy fin whichour brother doth, wee in ourove perfonsdo Nete, a the fame: the LeUwill breedinvsananger andzeale for thegloryof God : theother will worke .. in vspatience and compaffion, becaufeof our ovine flefh, and of the Imageof God,which our brother beareth : andthereof wil comeazealous anger ioyned with loneandcompanion ofthe partie. gy thefe notesmay truechriflian and fpiriruall anger bee tryed anddifcernedfront that which isflefhlyandcamall, that we mayfollow theone as commanded in the law,andwrought inout heartsby the fpiritof God;and that wemay avoid theother asforbidden in the law,andprocee- dingfrom the corruptionofour flefh,that we mayneither befooles whicharealwayesaogriefor euerything , neither of the damnable and blafphemous familieoffleflily.loue, whichwill not intheir perfebtionbe angrieatall: Otherdifferences therebe; but ifamando well confiderof thefe, andpraátife them, he(hall eafilie difcerne there[}. FINIS. THE
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