_48_+_ \ ' '? ~ T fl'E ' ;talttoo,to folhc1te lf1m, and to trouble htm,ancl In their re;. ftrainr. - In theirend. Simile. · to joype with his lull:s,to make them as prickes in hi~ fides, but there is much difference ;to the ·onehe had a rell:r.aint, the Lord[aid to.the De~ vm, What hall: thou to do with I ob~ Thou fhalt ,~o thus farre,andno further,thou fhalt not hurt Job. ToPaul there was refrrai.nt.too, thou fhalt go thus farre,for what purpofe~ As there was a rcll:rainr, fo therewas another end likewife, fo farre it fhallgo, as till it hath humbled him; lbG and Paul .were humbled by it 1 a jot further it canner goe: For the D~vill, in truth, though he be hofl:ile to them in affeCtion, yet ca.nnot hurt them in ad:ion, becaufeGodufeth them onlyto ~o them good, and to humble them; Job was the better, and Par~! was an exceedinggayner by it, but Saut and Iu,d tU were great 1ofers; fo t'here is a great difference betweene thcfe two, 'The ·fuepheardfets his Dog upon the fh~epe to bring them ih 1 another man fets his mall:iffe on another creature to worryir, and to dell:roy it; the Lord{ets.thecreatureuponhi-s ownfervants . but as the .Shephea rd fends om his dogge~ to bring them in;as foone ~s they are brought in, J he rates the dog, andwill not fuffer him to doe them the leafr hurt. Aman will not have his f~rvants nor Children,p-or his friends hurt,but . ·hewill rate th.e dog when he fals upon them; -so theLordcloth with everycreature whatfoe~ ver, when itcomestohurt them,he rebukes. it, as he did theftormes and windes: onthe orIter .fide)whenaman is out ofCovenant withGod! , · then
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