Chah. 36.n Expoftion upon the Bookof J o s. Verf. 3 7 5 I anfwer and accomplifh the ends for which he was made. Thirdly, I will afcribe righteoufnefs to My Maker. Note, Agodly man takes God al bie own,and appropriates him by Faith in all his 1Qlatioas. Faith takes not only a (hare in God,but all of God ; ,any Gd, my Father, my Maker, my Redeemer, arcflrains ofFaith. A Be- liever Both as it were tngrofs God to himfelf, yet deliresand en- deavours, that all, as well as himfelf, may have their part and por- tion in God, yea God for their Portion. Job faid (Chap. i q.25.) f know that my Redeemer liveth c He fpake as if he Lad got a.Re- deemer,not only to,but by himfelf. Thus alto holy Paul of Chrifi, (Gal.2.22.)Who lovedmc,&gavehimfelffor me; as if he had been given for him alone, and loved none but him. This is the highefi workof Faith, and 'cis the l gnification of our hottefi love to God,, it thews endearednefs of affe&ion tohim, as well as neernefs and clearnefs of intereft in him, when we thus take him as our own Saviour , Father , Maker, l will aferibe righteoafnefs to my Maker. Obferve, Fourthly ; He who is the Maker of all men, can be unrighteous to no man, nor is lyable to the cenfiore of any man, whatever he doth. 'Tis impoflïble that he made us fhould wrongor injure us, . and that upon a twofold Principle ; Firl}, Of the refpedt he bath for Jufiice towardsall :hofe whomhe bath made, God is fo ten- der, that he doth not willingly (or with his heart)aftlia,norgrieve the children ofmen, to crujh sender his feet all the Prifoners of the earth (Lam. 3.3 3.34.) muchh lets will he (as it followeth, verf. 35, 36.) turn away the right ofaman before the face of the moll High, that is, before his own face, who is the Molt High : As if it had been faid, The Lord will not pervert Judgment in any mans Cafe, that comes before him. Or, if we take thofe words before the face of the Moll High, as denoting the highefi Judicatory on Earth, as our Margin intimates, putting there, for c.9J'ji High, Snperioar; then themeaning is, TheLord doth not approve, that any.
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