560 VIRS.II. ing of ffrife ( faith Solomon ) is auheopt}li11g of the Waters;. a fool may pull up the fluces, bat there is no,turning of the fiream • Pe11es reges eft inferre bellu"!, }enes at4tem .deum ter-minare, · When man begineth, the Lord win exercife his own dominion and • Ifa 17, 9. foveraignty, er"e the e11dcometh. 2. Agracious end,* Thefruit of it is to t~k.! away ji11 : now this is Gods work ; GDds rod, as w~ll . as gods word, dothnothing without his bleffing, otherwife they areboth p0or, dead,and .ufelefs means~ I am the Lord th~Jt te.cch– eth them to pr,fit., Ifa, 4S. 17. That is, by -afflictions.. 3· A glo– rious end; tis the Lordsgift, ~ot our merit: -Oh, then le_t us do du... ty, and God will not be wanting; let us wait _u~on him with Jobs p:ttimce, and he will give{obs end. That the LDra is vtrypitiful, andoft,nder mtrCJ~J Thi~ claufe ~xpre[eth partly thecaufe, partly the "!~ner o(Ood~ appearance InJobs end;I.The C!lufe why'job had (ogpo~ aa end ofhjs ~roubles, was Gods mercy; not his ownmerit; "cwas his.happinefs that he had to do with a pitiful and merciful God. -1. The manner of Gods appearance in the end of affiitlions; you will find God merciful, and pittiful, what ever the fldh {aith t_o the contrary; in )hebcgining- you think himcruet, but in the tndyou find himmet- . cifu/ ~ here are two words tha-t expre(s Gods goodrJefs : The firfi is, very pitiful, in the original "'~,...;~71'A«:yx_v@-, ofmpch or tll!lny . bowels. The{e are the tender puts in which we feel a commotion . upon every l.l:rong aff~Cl:ion ; ~ the Mothers bow~ls a{e faid .to yearn to the infant when , h~ was tobe divided~ 1 Ki11g·346. there- · fore we arebid top.ut onBo~~ls, Col. 3• u .. T~e1next: word is, of tendtrmercy, olx.f!~w"v , trs the word~q~ch ts orpofed to the· hard heArt, and therefore we do not render lt ~he merciful, but of tender mercy: now.the proper ufe and difi~ion of thefe words • nor.Jin this place, may beconce1ved thus. x.Theopehathr~fP.fCt.to.oPr · cwl\ct.'}XV~ t»iferies, theother to o_urfi_n.s: pitifu(,in feeling ou~ mi(~r·ies,m•r,.. ab.una{!• m.uma ci/HJ in pardoningour (ins. , •. Th~one noteth14Jfel1j.D11, the o-., ~~:~umlzn. ther Ails fuitllble,+ inward and outward mercy. FromhanceyQU· • may obferve feveral notes. ._ ,_ - , . Obf'e rvat. I. I • From that. [very pitifu1, and ter1d<r mer.cJ] ,God_~ me7fCJ u fo /do.rp JPolzen ofwith.outfome ~.dditig~ of m11ch orgre~! -, or :ten– ier.,~&c. Moll' co(llmqqJy in _t~~ QldTe{la~entJ ~ci$_ expr~ffea .pJu· . . rally, merci~.t,and lo'Jiing kjnd~ef{u, aqd vc:~y of~en.are tbofe addi– tioos ofmuch 1 .and giwn annexed, Exo4. 3~· 6• Grtt~t i11 '!JtrCJ, - - , ~sam.
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