448 Chap. 33. .iIn Expofition upon the I o&of J o B. Verf. 27 (late finned, notes a miflake of our ayme or way ; As if it hadbeen layd ; Ifany Man fay, I have gone befides the line, and done be- fides the rule. `in is in all men amiffing of the mark, and a flep. ping out of the right path ; it is allo invery many,as 'cis expreíied in the next claufe , a perverting ofthat which isright. Ifany fay, I havefinned, and perverted that which is right. NV CUM aas , The word implyeth more then ordinary fïnning,morethen fins obltquu co s n^ of infirmity, which arife from ignorance and miflake, even thole tortesperver- which are committed with a relolvednefs of fpirit , and purpofe Latini dtcunt ofheart; or they imply not thole fins which aman falls into un- (urvos mores. advifedly and unawares, but thole whichhe commits upon deli- beration, and in the eye of theLaw,that fhewing him plainly what is right, and that he ought not to pervert it. So then in flritnefs of fence, topervert that which is right, is tobe willingly, yea wil- fully unrighteous. The Church making a graduali confeflion of her finby three flees, puts this word in the midfl (Pfal, 1o6. 6.) We havefinnedwith oar fathers, we have committed iniquity (;tis this word ) or done that which"is crooked and perverfe) we have done wickedly. Cain, the firfl manborn, finned thus (Gen: 4.13.) My puni fhment isgreater then Leanbeare (fowe render) or (as we put in the margin) mine iniquity isgreater then can beforgi -- ven.Cains fin was a perverfnefs,he knew heperverted that which was right in flayinghis brother. So that, here we have the con- feflionof fin, with the aggravationofit, a notoriousfin. The peni- tent perfon doth nót only fay, I have finned, but I have finned ,greatly, or I have perverted that which was right. To fin, and to pervert that which is right, are materially the fame ; only the lat- ter intimates the manner howa fin is committed, namely, when we would not be ruled by the Law , but accommodate the Law ( as if it Were a leaden or lesbian rule ) to ferveour lifts ; fo per- verting that which was right,that we might countenance and em- bolden our (elves in doing wrong. Ifany aske What is right ? Surely, right is Firfl , TheLaw, Secondly,that which is done according to Law. The flatutes of God are right, rejoycing the heart (Pfal: 19. S. ) The word of God is right, and the rule ofright, yea it is a ruling right. To pervert that which is right, or to pervert the lawofrighteoufnefs, is to a& again(( the light
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