upon the Epi,f/le of J A M li S. VER.S..q. tiol'l, or by fuch an mward, or outward difpenfation, as may ·in– force us to fin. The Notes are there : 9t I. Fr~m that r Let n~ man ftJ! J T~at M6ln is apt to· fay, or 06fervat. r. to transrer the (J;,tilt of hu own mijcarrrag-es : Whtn they are fedhlced by their~wn folly, they would fain tran.facl the guilt and blam~ uponothers; Thus Aaron fhifrs his come upon the people, upon their folicirations , Exod. 32· 2 3, 24. Tl:ey [aid, maize m Gods ;~tnd I caft it inta the fire, and thtreof came the Calf: Mark, Thereof came, as if it were awork of chance, rather then--errt : So Pi/ate upon the {ews infl:igatton, Mat. 17. 24. L(}~lz ye to it: So ignorant men, their errors upon their Teachers, If they are wrong, they have been £aught fo; and therefore Jeremy fays, Jer. 4· I o. Ah L{)rd God, fure!y thou ~aft greatly deceived this people; that is, 0 Lord, they will fay, thou haft deceived them, it was thy Prophets told them fo: So Saul, I Sam. 15. 1 ;. The people(paYedthebeJbofthefoeep, ~nd oftheoxm: andVerf.24. 1 feared the people; 'Twas out of fear of others Eh:u intrear.ed, thepfople would have it fo : So many, if they are ang,.y, fay, they areprovok.§d; if they fwear, others urged them to it, as the She– lomites fen blafphemed m .ftrife, Levit. 24. 10. So, if drawn to excefs of drink, or abufe of the creatures, 'tw.u long of others that enticed them. \iVell then, · . I. Beware of thefe vain pretences, filence and owning of guilt is far more becoming; Goa i.r mo(t glorified, when the Creatures lay afide their foifts: You£hall fee, Levit. I 3. 45. The leper in whom the plague is, {ball h.,-zve his clothes Yent, and his head baYe, and .he foal/ put a covering upon hi.r upper lip, and he (halt cry,Vncletm, unclea·n; all was to be nakedand open, but onely his upper lip, he was not to open his mouth in excnfes ; 'Tis befl: to have nothmg to fay, nothing but confeffion of fin, Leprofie muH: be acknowledg– ed: The covering of the upper lip, among the Hebrews, was the fign of jbamtful crmviEtioiil. · 2 . Learn that all thefe excures are vain and frivolous, they will not hold ~ith God : Aaron is reproved notwithfranding his evd– fwn . . TiJHte could not Wafo off the guilt, when he Wajhed hu hands: *~e that crucified o~r Savio?r,crucifiedhimfelfafterward. .- Ett(eb Eccle{. l~rlorance IS not excufedby 1ll teachmg: The blind let~,d the blind, hlft,!ib. uap: 1 and not one, but both fvtll into the ditch, Mat. I 5:x 4· The blmd · - ~. N :z. guide
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