ao2 Chap. 3 ?. An Expefition upon the Book¿ of J o B. Verf.9 felfe ; It hurts Clod in his honour. Innocency isproperly that which loth nohurt ; Innocent perfons are harmelefle perfons;.; no manever hurt himfelfe, or others, much leffe the name and honour of God, while he holdeth his innocency... job's la{I affertion is ;; Neither is there iniquity in me. 7w, pravitas Iniquity is that pravity either of fpiric or a&ion which is eß're8irudinl, contrary to all that righteoulnefs or rectitude which the rule of- °Ip"f+a`' Gods word requireth. It comprehends both the irregularity of our aetions, and the irregularity of our thoughts or conceptions.. 'Tis a departure from the way iii which, and from the fcope and mark, towhich we íhóuld dire6 our whole courfe. Iniquity is an unequal! an undue or crooked thing. It turneth others from their right, and is it felfe acontinual! awerving from it. So much for the opening of thefe words, as theyarea-propofition contain- ing a charge brought againft fob, I have heard the voyce of th1. words,Paying, Iam cleanefromtranfgreffion, 1 am innocent, nei- ther is there iniquity in me. The fecondpoyntpropofed was, to confider what matter of . accufation thereis in thefe words. Matters of accufation arife . from our evil! deeds ; Thai we are net cleane from trantef- en , that we are not innocent, that there is. much in%quay io ne thefe are properlymatter of accifation. But here Elihumakes it matter ofaccufation, that job fayd, he was cleane from tranf- greffion, that he was innocent , that there was no iniquity in him. And indeed, tobe charged with the greatefl tranfgrefi- on, is not more then this , to be charged with fayitig, we are cleane from tranfgreflion. To fay we have no fin, is very fin- full, CO fay we are without iniquity, is a Paying full of iniquity, (1i John a. 8.) If we fay wehave nofin (Here is fob,faying ío, as E'lihu chargeth hire ). we deceiveour felves, and the truth is' not in res. And (v: to. ) If any manfay , he hath nofin, he makleth God a lyar, and his word is not in him. Now what greater fin can there be, if we confider the force of thefe twò verfes, then for any man to fay he hath no fin?"How extreamly finfull'this is, may be {hewed in forre things. Firfl, It is extrearne pride for any man to fay ; Ihave nof:ìt ; 'What is pride ?,but an over-reckoning of our felves. When we value.
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