God's anger

When we consider David and his troubles, we say. Ecce dolours viri, behold the sorrows of a man. But when we consider the Son of David, and his passion; we say, Ecce vir dolorum, Behold the man of sorrows. Indeed, if the one balance were full of sorrows, and the other quite empty of comforts, there were an unequal poise. ⟨p. 41⟩They that do not find some joy in their sorrows, some comfort in their dejections, in this world, are in a fearful danger of missing both in the next. But as it is said in case of bodily sickness; If the patient and the disease join, then in vain is the Physician: if the disease and the Physician conspire, then woe be to the patient: but if the patient and the Physician accord, then vanisheth the disease. So we may observe in spiritual distempers: if the soul and sorrow desperately combine, then the Spirit departs, the Physician is grieved: if God and sorrow join▪ in anger, in anguish; the former justly, the other sharply, then woe to the soul, for that cannot be comforted: but if the soul by faith, and God by grace, unite themselves, then away flies sorrow, for that is expelled. Here Davids soul joins it self with the spirit of consolation; and sorrow loseth the day, the end is comfort. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.

When we consider David and his troubles, we say. Ecce dolores viri, behold the sorrowes of a man. But when we consider the Sonne of David, and his passion; we say, Ecce vir dolorum, Behold the man of sorrowes. Indeed, if the one ballance were full of sorrows, and the other quite empty of comforts, there were an unequall poise. ⟨p. 41⟩They that do not finde some joy in their sorrows, some comfort in their dejections, in this world, are in a fearfull danger of missing both in the next. But as it is said in case of bodily sicknesse; If the patient and the disease joyne, then in vaine is the Physician: if the disease and the Physician conspire, then wo be to the patient: but if the patient and the Physician accord, then vanisheth the disease. So we may observe in spirituall distempers: if the soul and sorrow desperately combine, then the Spirit departs, the Physician is grieved: if God and sorrow joyne▪ in anger, in anguish; the former justly, the other sharply, then wo to the soul, for that cannot be comforted: but if the soul by faith, and God by grace, unite themselves, then away flies sorrow, for that is expelled. Here Davids soul joynes it self with the spirit of consolation; and sorrow loseth the day, the end is comfort. In the multitude of my thoughts within mee, thy comforts delight my soul.