554 Chap. 34. An Expofition'xpon the Beek of J o. B. Verf.io.. Thus Abraham fpake to God' ( Gen. 18. 23, z5.) Wilt thole al fo deftrey, the. righteous with the wicked, that befarrefrom thee, &c.. He. fpakeof it with.indignation.as.a thing,mofl unworthy ofGod,. towrap up good and bad in the fame common calamity. When all f ofepbs brethren as. one roan ( Gen. 44. i 7.) offered to be- come his prifoners, godforbid (' aid he) that I fhoulel. doe fo,. yeihall not all fuller for onemans fault ; let that be farre from. nie, he that is found in fault only. fhali be my prifoner. Thus E- Ghu would remove the remotefl fufpicion of unrighteoufneffe from God when he faith, farre be itfrom.God that. hefhould doe, wickednefs. Hence note: We,fhould reject allunworthy th'ough'ts ofG®dWith indignation anddeteftation. The.Apoflle flaewed a fpirit full of this fire (Rem. ..3..5, 6. )._ Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance ? (Ifpeak as a man ) that is, naturall or carnall.men.are apt to.think fo, but Godforbid, or, let it not be once named by thofe who name ( that is,profefs) the name of God. If every one who xameth the name of Chrift, muff departfrom iniquity. (z Tim. s.19.)-woe to thofe who fay that Chrifl htmfelf clofeth with any iniquity. As God himfelf puts all,evill farre from him, fofhouldwe puttheleafl.thought of it farre fromGod. What can be more unjufl then to have: fo. much as the fhadow of a thought that God loth any injuflice l away with fuchblafphemous fuggeflions,..can.he who is the very . rule of..righteoufnefle doe unriahteoufly ? To throw.this dirt-into. the faceof.God bath as much abfurdity and irrationallity as blaf- phemy in it. None but they who know not God,. can have fuch apprehenfions of him. To doe wickedneffe is farre fromGod,. . and therefore let man be farre, even . as . farre as the eaflis from the weft; from. faying:, or thinking that he doth any..Farrebe fromGod That hefheuld'dóe wickedneft. 'JJnf% The Text is,. farre. be it.fromGod from wickednefs, we render cot quodvu that he fhosald doe wickednefs. Theword fignifieth wickednefs of peccati gems, the wortl'fort that wickednefs which does not only break the quod contrax- > y ctsitato.ftnor.. Law (fo every.the.leafffin doth ), but flightsir, and denyeth it any;
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