A89503:944
A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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5. Unbelief and Distrust, Psal. ro•. 24, 25. They believed not his word, but murmured in their tents: Men quarrel with Gods providence, because they do not believe his promises; distrust will be sure to breed discontent; 'tis ill for the present, and they cannot see how it will be better; they could not believe that the wilderness was the way to Canaan; that God can love one whom he corrects; and therefore as soon as they feel the smart of the rod, they give vent to their passions.
5. Ʋnbelief and Distrust, Psal. ro•. 24, 25. They believed not his word, but murmured in their tents: Men quarrel with Gods providence, because they do not believe his promises; distrust will be sure to breed discontent; 'tis ill for the present, and they cannot see how it will be better; they could not believe that the wilderness was the way to Canaan; that God can love one whom he corrects; and therefore as soon as they feel the smart of the rod, they give vent to their passions.
Secondly, The injustice of it, 'tis injurious to God, to others, to our selves: 1. 'Tis injurious to God; murmuring is a sin that pulleth God out of the throne; you enter into judgement with him; as David on the other hand prayeth, Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord, Murmurers either deny his providence, or tax it: Implicitly they deny it, as if God did not set out to every man his portion, if men did believe that God did govern the world, even as he made the world, why do they not complain of creation as well as providence; we would laugh at him that would murmur because God did not make him an Angel, or a Star, why is it not as ridiculous to murmur because God hath made thee a subject, and not a Prince, a beggar, and not a rich man; a servant, but not a master; but that they own the hand of God in one, and not in the other; as if the world were governed by blind chance. Or else they tax providence, of indiscretion or unrighteousness: 'tis marvellous to see how murmuring robbeth God of all ⟨p. 455⟩his attributes; it clippeth his Sovereignty we will not let him do with his own as it pleaseth him; the great contest between him and us, is, whose will shall stand, his or ours; it limits his power, and slights it; when God doth not satisfy us, we think he cannot,