A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…

And indeed in all this there is not any deviation from the Will of God, intending that which we abhor: for as it stands not with the nature of man to hate himself, or any good thing of his own making; so neither doth it stand with the goodness of God to hate his Creature, or to delight barely in the misery or afflictions thereof; but only in that end of manifesting his glory and righteousness, whereunto he in the dispensation of his Wisdom and Justice hath wonderfully directed them. And therefore, as to murmur at the Wisdom of God in thus ordering evils unto a good end, were a presumptuous repining; so on the other side, not to entertain those natural desires of a straitened mind after deliverance from those evils, were to be in Solomons▪ phrase too Righteous, and out of a purpose to answer the ends of Gods Wisdom, to cross the Law of his Creation.

And indeed in all this there is not any deviation from the Will of God, intending that which we abhorre: for as it stands not with the nature of man to hate himselfe, or any good thing of his owne making; so neither doth it stand with the goodnesse of God to hate his Creature, or to delight barely in the misery or afflictions thereof; but onely in that end of manifesting his glory and righteousnesse, whereunto hee in the dispensation of his Wisdome and Iustice hath wonderfully directed them. And therefore, as to murmure at the Wisedome of God in thus ordering evills unto a good end, were a presumptuous repining; so on the other side, not to entertaine those naturall desires of a straightned mind after deliverance from those evills, were to be in Solomons▪ phrase too Righteous, and out of a purpose to answere the ends of Gods Wisedome, to crosse the Law of his Creation.

So then it is evident that the Object and fundamental cause of Hatred, is all and only Evil: which (however in respect of the Existence of it, it be ⟨p. 118⟩in some cases Good; for as it is in the power of God to educe out of confusion order, light out of darkness, his own honour out of mans shame; so is it his providence likewise to turn unto the great good of many men those things which in themselves do only hurt them) Yet I say this notwithstanding, as it worketh the deformity and disquiet of nature, it is against the created law and in-bred love, which each thing beareth to its own perfection; and therefore cannot but be necessarily hated.