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A46743 A practical exposition of the historical prophesie of Jonah delivering sundry brief notes in a cursory way concerning the mind of the Holy Ghost in the several passages. Imprimatur. June 5. 1665. Jemmat, William, 1596?-1678. 1666 (1666) Wing J550B; ESTC R217032 159,232 228

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thou well to be angry If a man would Rhetorically defend Jonah in his anger there might be many specious colours for it Or if we would a little admit his excuses something might be said for him with some handsomeness Rom. 3. But let God be true and every man a lyar We know the judgement of God is according to truth and equity And a man shall never proceed safely and comfortably unless he can satisfie his conscience by the word upon a just examination Doest thou well to be angry God could provide for his own glory without Jonahs care yea and for Jonahs reputation And if God were so merciful as Jonah said why should he not shew it to repenting Nineve Or must God at Jonahs pleasure bacome severe and terrible must he be cruel that Jonah might not seem a lyar must more regard he had of Jonahs Credit then of Gods most holy Nature and glory Lastly it seems scarce to be endured that Gods doings should be so censured and misliked by a poor weak mortal sinner One of us would scarce abide it Yet God abides it day by day God can scarce do any thing either for afflicting us or out of the ordinary rode but we are apt to mutter and complain suppose about the confusions of the times c. In general we confess he is righteous in his judgements Jer. 12.1 yet in particulars we will needs plead with him and talk with him of his judgements why and wherefore Take heed and submit better But the main point is this Doctr. Say Do I well to be angry A Christian when he finds anger stirring should say Do I well to be angry Anger is a natural affection and very good use may be made of it Without some anger there will be no zeal for God nor against sin And he must needs be blockish and senseless who will not be angry when he ought There is a quietness which is sinful and dishonours God exceedingly and drowns souls in security But otherwise we should look well to our anger suppose in case of Gods doings against us or mans or any cross accident A beloved Child is taken away by death I suffer great loss by my Neighbour or the like my affections now are all in a hurry But Do I well to be angry Eph. 4.26 my rule is to be angry and not sin the affection is good but the distemper is evil What is it where am I whether do I swerve from my rule or no I am apt to offend one way or other therefore I must weigh well how I mannage my anger But how shall a man know whether he do well to be angry Quest Answ Signs of allowed anger Answ 1. If there be just cause for thy anger thou doest well to be angry suppose at thine own sin or the sin of another especially to see the wickedness of the world and how corruptly things are carried among men In these ca●es godly men have shewed great anger and were never disliked for it Moses was very angry at their murmurings and idolatries and Christ at the profanation of the Temple Exod. 16.20.32 22. John ● 17 1 Cor. 11. And in such cases we ought to judge our selves that we may not be judged of the Lord to rate our selves for our ●illiness and revenge on our selves and undoe what we have done to the best we can there is just cause for it because we were so fool●sh and ignorant Psal 73.22 and as a beast before God Godly sorrow ever works indignation for errors committed 2 Cor. 7.11 But there will never be just cause to be offended or angry with Gods doings against us or against our opinion as Jonah was in this place All reason requires that here we be dumb and complain not and rest in this There is more reason for it then we are aware 2. Thou shalt not do well to be angry unless the cause be we●ghty and of some importance as well as just A Christian must not spend his powder upon trifles as the fashion of some is It would argue neither love nor wisdom Not love for that covereth a multitude of sins and is not easily provoked 1 Pet. 4.8 1 Cor. 13.4 5 7. Jam 3.17 Not wisdom for the wisdom which is from above is first pure then peaceable True love and wisdom reserves it self for weighty matters where God requires more of our anger and severity then of our mildness 3. Thou shalt not do well to be angry if thou exceed the due measure of this affection more then the cause requires There is a mean to be observed and certain bounds beyond which we shall not do well Even lawful anger if immoderate degenerates into fleshly anger it may be into fury more fit for a Beast or an Heathen then for a Christian Our rule is to be merciful as our heavenly Father is merciful and we see how his mercy goes Hab. 3.2 in wrath he remembers mercy Esa 27.7 8. Imitate God in punishing a Child a Servant an evil doer God corrects in measure and so must we 4. Thou shalt not do well to be angry if thou keep wrath over long as it seems Jonah did Eph. 4.26 ver 9. I do well is be angry even unto death Our rule is not to let the Sun go down upon our wrath As we must not be quickly angry so when we are angry we must be quickly pleased again Else our anger may be turned into malice And the Devil will watch the occasion to work us to farther ungodliness as there ver 27. neither give place to the Devil With a malicious man the Devil lies down at night and goes to bed with him Pure Wine is corrupted if it stand too long upon the Lees. 5. Thou shalt not do well to be angry if thou grow into hatred of the sinners person for right anger is bended at the sin rather then the person as Mark 3.5 He looked about on them with anger and grieved for the hardness of their hearts Impenitency is the principal object of our grief and anger And there are certain rules that we must neither approve the sin for the offenders sake nor hate the offender for the sins sake Only in his great wickedness he must be either shunned and avoided or else reproved 6. Thou shalt not do well to be angry unless thou quarrel with thine own sins as well as the sins of others and unless thou be angry in Gods cause as well as thine own in both which numbers of people bewray much corruption So did not Moses Num. 12.3 the meekest man on earth in his own cause when spoken against by Aaron and Miriam but in point of idolatry nothing but killing and slaying And for our own sins we see what our Saviour saith of M●tes and Beames in the eye Mat. 7 1 2 3 4 5. Certainly every man hath most business to do at home And those shall ever go for hypocrites