456 Chap. 33. An E.rpafttn upen the Book of J o B. Verf. 2g. were only this, that their foules mould be no more, they would eafilyventure ir. But there is an aflîrmarive'in the negative, and when, 'tis fayd, fin profatcth not, the' meaning is, it brings trou- bleand renders us mi erable for ever ; Fooles ( that is, all fitful!: men, faith the Spirit of God , Pfal: 107. 17. ) becaufe of their tranfgregion, andGecaufe oftheir iniquities are .affi ed;and all fucli among theft,: foules, as-dye in their fin are damned ;- and who is able tofumme up the dammage ofdamnation ? Fourthly , Lèarne. Sinnersfhall beforcedat lafi to ccnfeófe that there ke no profit itsfin. 'True penitentsconfeffe it willingly now;and impenitents flaafi confeffe it at 1aft, whether they will orno; they (hall have fuch a convictionof the evil! of fin their furferings, as will make them fay, what bath pride profitedme ? and what hath envypro- fited me ? what hath malice and wrath profited me ? And what bath the fraudulent deceivingofmy neighbour profited me ? this will be thecry offinners to all eternity. Oh what bath fin profi- ted us ? That which is the willingconfeflion ofa gracious repen- tanth'ere, will be the forced confeflion of damned impenitents for ever hereafter. This will be a bitter repentance. Hell is and will be full of the words of repentance,but no fruit ofrepentance thall be found there. The damned than not find either amend- ment in themfelves, or mercy fromGod. This will be the con- felon ofall Inners at Taft ( as of thole that repent and are faved, foof thole who repent when damned) we have finned and per- verted that which was right,and it hath not profited And when oneman bath Made this hearty confeflion toGodof his fin and folly, then God maketh him a gracious promife of deliverance andmercy,,as appeares in the tenour of the next verfe. Verf. 28. Hewill deliver hisfoule franogoing into the pit, and his life(hall fee the li&ht. There is a two-fold reading ofthis 28th verfe, as was filewed in opening the former. For whereas that 27th verfe isunderftoort by force as the humble confeflion of the fick man recovered, and fo read in this forme; We looketh zapon menandfaith, Ihavefinned and
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