A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

2. When we pass over the good, and look only upon the evil; we should counter balance our afflictions with our mercies; Shall we receive good and not evil at the hands of God Job 2. 'tis railing to gather up the failings of others and not to take notice of their graces; so 'tis a railing against providence, and an ill office to be only like flies pitching upon a sore place: is there no blessing with all this bad? with our temporal calamities have we not some increase of spiritual privileges? as in the wilderness they had Gods presence, though they had a tedious passage of it; the free use of Ordinances will countervail all public burdens, some suppose that Solomon in that Eccl. 7. 10. ⟨p. 460⟩alludeth to the peoples murmuring in his time, there was a Temple building, but the Taxes were great, and therefore they cried the former t•mes were better then these, see 1 King. 12. 4.

2. When we pass over the good, and look only upon the evil; we should •counter ballance our affictions with our mercies; Shall we receive good and not evil at the hands of God Job 2. 'tis railing to gather up the failings of others and not to take notice of their graces; so 'tis a railing against providence, and an ill office to be only like flies pitching upon a sore place: is there no blessing with all this bad? with our temporal calamities have we not some increase of spiritual priviledges? as in the wilderness they had Gods presence, though they had a tedious passage of it; the free use of Ordinances will countervail all publique burdens, some suppose that Solomon in that Eccl. 7. 10. ⟨p. 460⟩alludeth to the peoples murmuring in his time, there was a Temple building, but the Taxes were great, and therefore they cryed the former t•mes were better then these, see