An Expojition~ With Notes i14 the ij{ue: And it lhewe.th whither that fimilicude Verf. 1 r. tendeth, Doth a Fountain at1hef~me time fendforth fweet water ~Jnd bitttr ? · Ai14Jlrife inyour hea;ts,] This is theufual effcdofenvy; and , he faith, in yo;tr hearts, becaufe though ic be managed with the topgue or hand;cis firfi contrived in the heart ; and becaufe rhis ag~ gravateth the matter: Breaches may fall out betweetl Chrifiians in their converfe befides intemion; but where they are affed:ed and cherilhed, they are abominable. · · .Glory not,] That is, either of your Chriftianity,an evil fo contra– ry eo it being allowed; or of your Zeal)it being fo deeply culpable; or of any fpecial wifdom and abiliry, as ifable eo reprove others; ~his mofi probably: For the mam bent of theDifcourfe is againfl: opinionativc wifdom. You have no reafon to boafi of your wit and zeal in cenfming or contention (as mLn are wont to do in (uch cafes,) unlefs ycmwill glory.in your own lharne ;·rather you have caufe to be humbled, that you may get thefe vile aff<.::cbons mor:. tified. . fion; Hypocrijie u a praElical lye: SomeJPeatlyts,others do theen; ~ eAnd lye not agai,nfl the ' t(utb. J Some fay, . 'By acarnal prclef:- Ioh. 3.1 1. He that doth the trHth',comerh to the light, cjc. rather by falfe pretences of zealand wifdom. •fis aPleonafm ufual in the Apoflks writings~ Rom. 9· r. I fay the truth in Chriff, !lye n,ot: ( I I And I !oh.16. We lye, ~nd do n(;tJhetruth. · _ Out of this Vcrfe obftrve : · . I. That envy u the mJtLer of ~rife ;- they are often coup:led, Ram. J. 29. Eu/1 ofenvying , then followeth murt her anddebate:. So Rom. 1)• I 3· Not in /fnfe "-nd erJvying: I Cor. 3• 3· T here is amongy gu ti1-'Z-Jing,jlrife and faWons: So 2 Cor.I 2.2o.EnvJing.r, \vr.uhs/!lrifa: Apd Ga/.5.10. Emulations, 'Wraths,ftrifes, f'd;~ t'iom. ''Thefe tbiiigs being [o folen:mly coupled in Scripture, inti· mate to us, that envy i~ but a Cockatrice egg, .that foon bringeth fotth firite. The.world had an early experience of it in Cain and A--. bet,ind a!terward in Abraht~. m and Lots Herdmen; ,then iA [ofeph and his Bret~r~n,qen.l7-4 · They envyedJo{tph,and could no~ [peak_. peaceably to him: And Verf. 1 r. Thty tnv]edhim, _andthqcon– fjired to flay him._ So in S.tulaod D.-lVid, I Sam. t 8. 9· Ht tyed lJ>;~vid ever .t[terw.:trd _: So alfo in the Priefis againO: Chrift, e For er;v; they dr:livercd him. 1:h~re are .two·fins which wet'e Chrifis · · fortfi .,
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