A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

thus do we^* darken counsel with wo ds without knowledge, and cast a reproach of folly and injustice upon Gods providence.^* Again, to his goodness▪ we are injurious, by disvaluing what we have, in comparison of what we expect, Mal. 1. 2 Wherein hast thou loved us? As if they had nothing, because not fully what they expected; 'tis mans nature to forget what is granted, and pitch only upon what is denied; as children in a pet; throw away what they have, if you do not give them more: saith Haman, All this availeth me nothing, &c▪ Esther 5. 13. and the whole Kingdom of Israel would not content Ahab when he falleth sick for Naboth's V•eyand, 1 Kings 21. 4. As in the body, if one humour be out of order, or one joint broken, the soundness of all the rest availeth us nothing a little is enough to set the creature a complaining. His Justice also we tax, as if he did defraud us of our due; we ⟨p. 456⟩think somewhat is due, or else why do we complain, Matth. 20. 13: Friend, I do thee no wrong, &c.

thus do we^* darken counsel with wo ds without knowledge, and cast a reproach of folly and injustice upon Gods providence.^* Again, to his goodness▪ we are injurious, by disvaluing what we have, in comparison of what we expect, Mal. 1. 2 Wherein hast thou loved us? As if they had nothing, because not fully what they expected; 'tis mans nature to forget what is granted, and pitch only upon what is denyed; as children in a pet; throw away what they have, if you do not give them more: saith Haman, All this availeth me nothing, &c