Chap. 34. An Expofiiion upon the 13001, of J o B. Verf.3 i. $o 3 ference ofa two-fold duty inman upon that two-fold manifefta- tionof the goodnef e of God, asa God that willingly pardóneth fm, and as a God that is unwilling to deffroy (inners. Or we may give the fumme of there two verfes (accordingun- a Condono, in to this fecond translation) thus ; We have firtt anExhortation to quo ofremijf repentance from the moft merciful! nature ofGod, both as ready fo culpe. to forgive , and as loth to deflroy his creatures. The former act 2 á oo ;ñq o eft importing the taking awayof the guilt of fin ; the latter the re- rem isiopa- mittal and removal! of the punifhment. na Secondly, We havediere a direction about repentänce , or to the penitent, !hewing, how an humbled foule (hould be- have himfelfe towardGod ; He ought to fay thus; What I fee not teach thon me, and ifIhave done iniquity, I will doe no more. Where we fee the humbled foule in the exercife of a fourefold ditty ; Firft, He confeffeth what finshe knoweth,; Secondly, He confeffeth or fuppofeth, that he hath many fins whichhedoth not know. Thirdly, He entreateth the Lord to thew him every fin, whether of heart or life, which he knoweth not of. Fourthly, He engageth that he willnotcontinue in any fin which the Lord Chaff difcover to him ; or give him the knowledge of. You have thus the generali fcope of there two verfes according to this fecond reading. I thall now a little epenthewords, and give Notes from them according to this translation: But unto God whofaith, Iforgive. Ir may herebe jutflyqueftioned, how he Original can be ren- der'd into fuchvariety ; one translation faith, It is metre to befayd to God,I haveborne chaflifemen ; this other faith,7oGod whofaith, Iforgive, Íwill not deftroy.; It ought to befaid, &c. The firft read- ingmakes the words to be fpoken by man ; this fecond reading gives the words as fpoken bosh by Godand man, or they are a di- Uerbum tdt1/3 section given by the Spirit of God to man, what to fay to God, f ` dP4 ud Whofaith, I forgive, I will notde/Iray ? Hebrai,;mn, in- I answer, for the clearing of that doubt, the difference of theter alias tole- readings arifeth from the copious fignification of one Hebrewrandi,parcendi, word , which is rendred many wayes in Scripture., efpeciallymintFdifni. two. fieatgm habit Firft , To bear, in which fence we tranílate, I have born <cha= ettaropitarié K k k k k 2 ftife-poftum ut bit.
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