Chap, 3 3. An Expofition upon the B00%, óf Jo B. Verf. 24. 405 p t; but woe to that meffenger who faith (when.heis delivered) Ihave delivered him from going downe to the pit. Thus wefee the fpring off the tick mans recovery,it is from the graeioufnèfs of God, and we fee the meanes of it, God gives a warrant tohis mef ginger, faying, Deliver him from goingdown to thepit ; But what is the procuring or meritorious caufe pf this de- liverance ? As the Text bath (hewed us the fir(} moving caufe, The grace ofGod, fo it fhewes us-the meritorious caufe, by which his deliverance is procured ; Things are foordered in the Cove- nant ofgrace, that though the Lordads with infinite freenefs,yet he bath appointed and ordered a way inwhich alone he will doe, what he freely doth. This is expreffed in the laft claufe of the. verfe; Fer I have felon ranfame, But where did God find it ? certainly in own bofome, in his own heart Jefus Chrif} came put of the bawl:. ofthe Fa- ther,- there he was, God found him inandwith himfelf ; God didnot find the ranComeby chance, nor did- he find it by advice . and confultation with others,but he found it in himfelf,in his own . infinite wifdome and goodnefs ; that is, he contrived it, he in- vented it there. This rare, this molt excellent thing, a retnforne,is the Lords own invention. "have found it, I know how to doe this man good, I know how to rave him, and doe my own honour and. Juflice no hurr,no wrong my honour isPaved, - my Juftice is fa-- verbum 'In' tisfied in doing it. Iluavefound a ranforne: denoteKxpto- The word here rendreda ranforne lignifies in the.Verb,to coverr tionom, aut re- or to hide that which before lay open, that it appeare nomore. demptionenr, Grace brings another face uponthings, a new face, I may fay, up- r=1;:O odpro: on our fouls. Thecoveringof fin elegantly denotes the pardon of neef fin. Andwhat reafon have we to be thankful! and rejoyce, when fertur, sign{f fib ( our foul duet and deformity) is covered We have very eat etiam co- foul faces (I meanoutward converfations) and snore foul fouls, operire u nice, aut oerire or inward inclinations, till the. Lord is gracioutly,pleafed toput uminé, qua( a covering upon them. Ifve cover our own fins we !hall have nò1 aeië mercy, but if the Lord once cover our fins, he cannot deny us rei Aiicujur aut mercy, that being it felf our greatefl mercy, and the fruit of his immunditiem greatmercy. TheMercy-feat, fo famous in the Mofaicall Pxdò- abfmdere ; gogy,is exprefl by this word,which properly fignifieth.aCoveriirg. Yéforture ááb TheJotionem pee- a, aati. Pined
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