- ' CH&t.l. tAp4»thl Epilfle of J A , M. E s. Vi.1\,S.~2.o. 167 ther made a part'! thena judg, and d9th not onely~;cuft ouf-· paffion, but feed it; a~ bein~ imploy~d in reprefe.t!tin.g .the.injury, rather then ln·idli1Jg{)Ur irr:uional exce(r. Well chep, dopot be. l.etve Anger;. men 'redit their paffioo, and that fom~'1ts ic. In 1 · aaurijurt c-aufe, when S.~r_.b wa~ pa.ffiot1Ate~ YQJJ fe-e how ctmji't tlmt {he is., Gm. l '· S• The ,Lard judg betlJft'1'1r m_e af}tl thee ~ •rwould havebeen m for her if the Lord had.uwpir,e4 b.etwfen . her and A.hrah11m ~ : fwas a ll:range conficknc~, when the was in the wrong, toappeal tqGod : You fee Ang-er is full .of miC. takes, and it feem~h jllfl andrighte-o.u w~n i~ d.oth. nothing lefs then 'Wflrk.. Jhe rigbteou[ne{i ufGod. The Heathens fufpetl• * · . ed themfelves, when-underth(l power of theita~r; I* 'Weuld · ~~1,/fem /mu thee{faith one) if !Were n.(Jt (Zngry. Whenyou are under the t~nifi ~i'HI. power of a paffioQ, you have j~ caufe tofufpett ~U your ap... euem.. ata. prehenfions ; you are apt tomillakeothets, and to mitiake your own fpirits: p.a{sion is .bUnde, andcannot judg; 'cis fo.riom, and bath no leafure to debate and (;onfider. 3. From thar [Anger of r,n11n] ~ncl [Rigbteoufncji of G()d J O~[erv. 3~ Note theoppoGtion; for th~re is an el!1phatis in thofe two :words, Man and G()d: T·he point is, Tha·t (I w~<~~thfol ffiirit i4 a fpir·it . mofl un{uitable t,0 Gqd. GQd bei{}g (hf God of f~t4Ce requireth pacat1~m tAn:imum. aquiet aa~ eompofed fpirit~ Th1.1nder i~ .jn Jnfor 1ora the ll:n~er regions, ~U above is quiet.; wrathful wen :u-~ mort fu!mmanr • . unfit fttber ·tO flfl grl{et, onQ r<~r;c!yq g-r~~e; to aE,l gr1.ce by ~r.awin.g nigh to. tSod i:~ worfhip, f0t; worfoip ~qU C.~r~f' pr~por- * . t10DW1ththe ·o6JeElof Jt; asthc*God ~hatJS 'flSJwu,w.tll be /()h.4· 17•,· ferved in .SJlirit; fp theGod of pe~,~~e, 1\Vhha pettceab!e mii'Jde : Sotonceivegr4.1iefromGod; Angrywengiye pl.a.ce to.Sati(H, Eph. 4· 2·6, . but grieve the Spirit, and fo ~re more fit to receive fin tllen 27. with 30• . grace. God is defcribed, p[A.•2. 4· to fit in the Het~vent, whicq noteth a.quiet and compofed,p~itur~;an4 truly as he fitteth i.n th, . R(AVetJJ, {o he dwelle.th in a cmr~k.:~tna' ql.(io.t fPiJ:if. -.. ' 4· The laJt note is !Ilor:e gen.er~~ from ~he whole Verfe.; '(hat o/Jjer11. 4~ man1 tt:ngeris t~/tMI!y evil lf,nd unright,fJ.UJ·: Ang.er and Pafsion is afin with wh;ch -the people1ofQiod are many times furpdzt!d, and too too ofr~n do tbey fwallow it without grief and remorfe, ()Ut of a con(:ei.c pan~v that r)leir -anger is f1;1~h as is /awfol and 11llome:d; partly that 1tis bu.t .a venial evil. and of /11dden[urrrp.· titm,for which the~ is a.pa.rdQn of:,QI,ufe. · . . . - . I
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