374 VerC : S. An Expofition upon the Book ofJ O B. Chapa. is an evidence(as clear as the day)ofa wicked man.He that defires not td know the truth, bath no delire to pradice it : And he who -hates the knowledge of the truth,hates the pradice of it ; yea he 'therefore hates knowledge,becaufe he hates practice: this is wick- .:ednefs at the height. To commita fin againtt light,is.not fo great an argument ofan evil heart, as to be troubled at the light which rebukes or would prevent the committing of that fin. Thus we fee in what fence, by thofe who curt the day, we may underffand the worfi of wicked men. But for the fecond part, [ Who are ready to raife upLeviathan J -blow is this a defcription of wicked men ? Tomake out this, we mutt expound Leviathan,not properly for the Whale,but improperly and myflically for the. Devil,that great Leviathan : Under which name,he with all fpirit.ual wickedneffes, the Oppofers of Chrift andof his Church are comprehended by the Prophet, (Ifai.27. r.) In that day the Lordwith his fore,great and firong SwordThadpunifhLeviathan, thepiercing Serpent, even Leviathan the crooked Serpent, and he fhatl flay the Dragon in the -Sea. Now they thatxaife up this myftical Leviathan theDevil, .are furcly the vileft men. But whodo thus ? or howcan this. be done ? They are Paid to raife up Leviathan, who feek occafions of fin- ning, filch as donot flay till Satan tempts them, but they (as it .were) tempt Satan. Theyare fo hatly, foforward to do evil, that they think theDevil comes not fall enough,and therefore they do even go outto meet,provoke and raife up theDevil,theÿ invite temptation: there is a truth in this,all fns are.rot from the temp- tations of Satan ; our own hearts are not only the foyl,and have in them the fed ofall fin, but they are Sun and rain, to warm and water Chorefeeds that they may grow. And as a godly man (from the new principle at firft planted in him by the Holy Ghoul) doth often ffir up the Holy Ghofi to come and help him, he Both not äl ways flay till the Holy Ghofi fallibly comes, but finding his own weaknefs and wants, and deadnefs to and in duty, he goeth and fiirreth up the Spirit of God , and prayeth. that the Holy Ghoul would breathe upon him , quicken and enliven him in prayer and other holy duties : ,So many ungodly wretches do not flay for Sa- tan,or wait till he comes to tempt them,.but they(fuch is their de- fperate wickeduefs and delight in fin ) with that he would tempt them oftner They do not only keep open houfe, and open heart for :Ytlt parqfi Tunt ii rufrit,;reL.ezii. nthan,g:riJtu F!é_-dent ad fùg,le- { ytiones Diabali I1 imilerdrrs. A- ' in lac. . .ti fäbi ipfïi occafîaz=es guarunt pr°ccandi eleganter di cun+; `ufcir.a- il re l,i.:;x,l. m
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