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and_o here_o i_o think_v job_n friend_n be_v very_o faulty_a not_o only_o in_o pronounce_v so_o rash_o concern_v the_o reason_n of_o providence_n and_o of_o god_n judgement_n but_o likewise_o in_o pass_v such_o unkind_a and_o uncharitable_a censure_n upon_o their_o friend_n whereas_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v have_v pity_n upon_o he_o as_o he_o tell_v they_o 22._o they_o c._n 19.21_o 22._o since_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v touch_v he_o and_o not_o persecute_v he_o as_o god_n and_o add_v affliction_n to_o the_o afflict_a and_o this_o their_o confidence_n in_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o be_v interpreter_n of_o god_n judgement_n together_o with_o their_o uncharitable_a and_o inhuman_a behaviour_n towards_o a_o man_n in_o affliction_n may_v just_o provoke_v god_n wrath_n against_o they_o for_o what_o they_o have_v say_v when_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o pardon_v the_o impatient_a and_o undecent_a expression_n of_o job_n because_o he_o can_v plead_v the_o infirmity_n of_o humane_a 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permittebat_fw-la ipse_fw-la praestaret_fw-la quonium_n &_o disciplinae_fw-la interest_n injuriam_fw-la vindicari_fw-la metu_fw-la enim_fw-la ultionis_fw-la omnis_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la refraenatur_fw-la that_o god_n will_v plead_v our_o cause_n and_o though_o we_o may_v not_o right_v ourselves_o yet_o we_o may_v 24.22_o may_v 2_o chron._n 24.22_o desire_v he_o to_o interpose_v and_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o the_o success_n of_o wicked_a man_n who_o grow_v outrageous_a and_o intolerable_a by_o impunity_n and_o we_o ought_v to_o commit_v our_o cause_n to_o he_o and_o rest_v satisfy_v with_o this_o consideration_n that_o god_n will_v in_o his_o due_a time_n judge_v we_o according_a to_o our_o righteousness_n 660._o righteousness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d secundi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la jam_fw-la morituri_fw-la verba_fw-la ap_fw-mi athanas_n epist_n ad_fw-la solitar_n p._n 660._o and_o that_o passage_n which_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o place_n abovementioned_a quote_v out_o of_o the_o proverb_n as_o a_o proof_n of_o what_o he_o say_v do_v imply_v as_o much_o 22._o much_o prov._n 25.21_o 22._o if_o thy_o enemy_n hunger_n feed_v he_o if_o he_o thirst_v give_v he_o drink_v for_o in_o so_o do_v thou_o shall_v heap_v coal_n of_o fire_n upon_o his_o head_n i._n e._n if_o thy_o kindness_n do_v not_o reclaim_v he_o and_o make_v he_o thy_o friend_n but_o he_o still_o persist_v in_o his_o enmity_n god_n himself_o will_v avenge_v thy_o quarrel_n and_o punish_v he_o so_o much_o the_o more_o severe_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o that_o place_n as_o appear_v by_o compare_v the_o expression_n of_o coal_n of_o fire_n with_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o in_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n where_o it_o always_o signify_v god_n vengeance_n 120.4.-140.11_a vengeance_n see_v ps_n 18.8_o 13_o 120.4.-140.11_a it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o nature_n that_o sin_n ought_v to_o be_v punish_v and_o they_o who_o do_v evil_a shall_v suffer_v evil_a nay_o it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o god_n himself_o 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