Further, for the clearing of this, The dust and the ground stand in a two-fold opposition. First unto God, and secondly unto our selves. First in opposition to God thus, Affliction springeth not from the ground, that is, it comes from the wisdom, power and disposition of God, as the efficient cause. Secondly, in opposition to our selves, and then the sense may be thus conceived, that, the material and meritorious cause of our affliction, is not without us, 1it is not in the ground or in other creatures, but it is in our selves. Every man in himself hath the ground which bears, the source or fountain which bubbles out his sorrows and his sufferings. Man hath no reason to accuse or charge heaven or earth, as the authors of his sorrow, he carries the reason about with him, The sinfulness or sink of his own polluted nature. And therefore (to allude to that of the Apostle in the point of Justification, Rom. 10. 6, 7.) Say not in thy heart, who shall ascend into heaven, that is to bring thy troubles down from above, or who shall descend into the deep, that is to bring up thy troubles from below, for the cause is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, The corruption of nature, which we preach.
Further, for the clearing of this, The dust and the ground stand in a two-fold opposition. First unto God, and secondly unto our selves. First in opposition to God thus, Affliction springeth not from the ground, that is, it comes from the wisdome, power and disposition of God, as the efficient cause. Secondly, in opposition to our selves, and then the sense may be thus conceived, that, the materiall and meritorious cause of our affliction, is not without us, 1it is not in the ground or in other creatures, but it is in our selves. Every man in himselfe hath the ground which beares, the source or fountain which bubbles out his sorrowes and his sufferings. Man hath no reason to accuse or charge heaven or earth, as the authors of his sorrow, he carries the reason about with him, The sinfullnes or sinke of his owne polluted nature. And therefore (to allude to that of the Apostle in the point of Justification, Rom. 10. 6, 7.) Say not in thy heart, who shall ascend into heaven, that is to bring thy troubles downe from above, or who shall decend into the deepe, that is to bring up thy troubles from below, for the cause is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, The corruption of nature, which we preach.
- 1N•n exit è pulvere iniquitas, q. d. ab hominibus est non eter na vol pulvere, nam terra non profert iniquitatem sed homines, ea est natura eo•um co• rupta proin & proclives a• eā jucuntur. D. us.N•n exi• è pulvere iniquitas, q. d. ab hominibus est non eter na vol pulvere, nam terra non profert iniquitatem sed homines, ea est natura eo•um co• rupta proin & proclives a• eā jucuntur. D. us.
