264 Verf. t 3. eyfn Expof:tion open the Book of ) ò s. Chap. 36, pleafed with the Ifraeliter, becaufe they fet not their heart ari -she. Now if the Lord be to angry when the heart is not fet aright ) much more mutt it provoke the Lord, when men do purpofely fet their hearts wrong, when they do evil knowingly, advifedly, when, as itwere,they Rudy to doevil. To do good only in thew, doth more difpleafe the Lord, than the doing of that which in thew is evil, or which is evil aboveboard, known to be fo by all beholders. As Hypocrites often deceive men, fo theyattempt to deceive God himfelf. Thiscannot but heap up wrath, being it felf fo great a heap of fin. They who chink God will be pleaf'd with outwardServices alone, or have no care to give him inward, arealike difpleafmg tohim. Therefore, among all forts of fin tiers, the Lord declares his wrath, and thunders woe upon woe, in the Gofpel, againft Hypocrites : They have heaped up wrath, and it (hall be heaped uponthem, They ¡hall have their Portion in the Lake that barneth with fire andbrimftoae. That's the ñrft thing, what (heydo, Theyheap rep wrath.; When the hand of God is upon thèm, they are fo far from coming forth humbly andpenitentially to turn away his wrath, or to feek his face, that theyprovoke him more and more, and dreadfully enflame the reckoning againll themfelves ; They heap up wrath. Secondly, Eliha tellsus what the Hypocrttes in heart donor'; -101 vincire They cry not when be bindeth them. But is it a fault, or fo great pro cof#igare, a fault, not to cry whenGod bindeth us? Are we commanded fpecies pro se- or bound to cry, when we are bound in fetters, and holden in Here. cords of affii&ion ? wherein lyeth this fin ? That will appear Licet bane do- while I Phew what crying is here intended. tfrinan:in c m- To cry, is, FirPc tocomplain and make a noyfe this is the mini Elihu Ys p y ; proponet, 2eri- cry of impatience. Secondly, to mourn and be forrowful ; this (mile mien is the cry of Repentance. Thirdly, topray, to fupplicate, yea, of 3obum di- topray mightily, to pray tlrotagly ; and this is the cry of Faith. condopungere. ( Luke 18. 7.) Shall nee God avengehis ownElea, whichcry day and night unto him ? That is, which pray mightily to him night and day. The hypocrite inheart often makes the firfl cry when God bindeth him, the cry of impatience,but never the two latter; he makes nor, either the cry of Repentance, or the cry of Faith in Praye-, when God bindeth him. This lets us fee the fecond Part of the wickednefs of there hypocrites, 'cis the million of a moll neceffary duty, yea of two : They a& very finfully, for they
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