An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

and though, that anger which the Scripture attributes often to God, never transports him beyond the due bounds of his wisdom and justice, yet when God is said to do a thing in anger, it notes his going, as it were, to the utmost bounds of justice; this caused the Church to pray, O Lord, if the cup may not pass from me, if it cannot be, but I must be corrected, then I humbly and earnestly beg, thou wouldst be pleased to correct me in Judgment, not in anger, least thou bring me to nothing. What the Church prayed for here, the Lord promised elsewhere (Jer. 30.11.) I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. Thus God is excellent in Judgment: He abates the severity ⟨p. 623⟩of his proceedings, and allays the bitterness of the cup by some ingredients of mercy.

and though, that anger which the Scripture attributes often to God, never transports him beyond the due bounds of his wisdome and justice, yet when God is said to do a thing in anger, it notes his going, as it were, to the utmost bounds of justice; this caused the Church to pray, O Lord, if the cup may not pass from me, if it cannot be, but I must be corrected, then I humbly and earnestly beg, thou wouldst be pleased to correct me in Judgment, not in anger, least thou bring me to nothing. What the Church prayed for here, the Lord promised elsewhere (Jer. 30.11.) I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. Thus God is excellent in Judgment: He abates the severity ⟨p. 623⟩of his proceedings, and allayes the bitterness of the cup by some ingredients of mercy.

Thirdly, Judgment in Scripture is put for the reformation of things when they are out of order. In this sense it is used (