up()n the Epiflle of JAM E s, VERS.l 3· 95 pmly and clearly oppofe t_h~mfelves againfl: heaven, _as i< Job curfeth Joa; ) • 3, the day of his britb, l\.5 tf tt had been unlt:cky to htm, and oth(;rs cur[e fame lower in(frumtnt!. 4· when men are ttngry therk...now not why; They are l?ath to fpend any holy indi"~1fi[tiut~ upon themfdvcs ; therefore feelmg the fl ings and gripes of ~onfctence, they ~ret and fume and know not why, they ~·ould fame bre!lk out agarnfi God, but dare not ; as D•widhi.mfdf, v,Sam.6.S. David H'M difpicafCd bcc~tufe the Lord had made a breach upon f/<t.z.ah, he was angry but could not tell with whom to be angry, heD1ould have been angry with his own foUy and ignoran-ee ; wicked men break out apparently, Ifa. 8. 2 1 , 22. They foal! fret themfelves, and ct-trfe their God, ar.d their King, and Jo"k._ upward; and thty {halllaok._ to the -e.mh, &c. Sinne proving unhappy vexeth the foul, and then men curfc and rave, and break out imo undecencies of paffion and madnefs, accn– fiog God, and providence, and infirumcnrs, and any but ~hemfelves, So Apoc. 16. 21. They blafpheme~ the .God of heaven becaufc ·of their plagues, the madnefs of the1r rage breaketh o~1t mto open blafphemy : but in the childrenofGoa '<is more fecretly carryed, there is afiorming in their hearts> but they dare not give it vent, as in Jonah ChPTp . 4· he was vexed, and furcharged with paffion, but knew nor upon whom to difgorge ir. 5. Mofl: grollely when you think he ufeth any Juggeftion to the foul, to perfwade it and incline it to evil, Satan may come, and by the helpof fancy P~nd the fenfes, tranfmit evil -counfel no the foul. But God cloth not, as more fully hereafrer. M at h. 5. 37. whatfoevcr is beyond theft commeth of e7!!il ; in the Original 'ci.s ~"' 71'aV11foV, not one~y of the evil heart, but theevil ferpent; from the devtl, and our corruption, if it be befide th~ rule; there's Sv-ttans counfd in all this, not the Lords. 6. Wh~f? you ha_ve an ill underflalildiing and conceit of his de– crees, as tf they dtd necejfitat£ yot~ to fin, men will fay, u~ho can help it? God \\Jould have it jo, as if that were an excufe for all; though Godhath decreed that fin lhall be, yet he cloth neither in– fufc_ evil, nor enforce you to evil; Godcloth not infufe evil; that whtch draweth you to it, is your own cotJcupifcence, as in the next verfe: hecloth not give you an evil nature,or evil habits, thefean: fro~ y~u~ felves, he doth mforce you, neither Phyjicit!ty by urging :: · andmdmmg the will to Ad, nor Morlllly, by counfe/ling and per- . - · [wading
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