3a.} Verf. zt. iiin Esrlitien ripen the IBock, of J O B. Chap. 36. rather thanaffl Elìon , thou hat+ cholen what carne next rather than atflietion ; or, thou hash chofen this becaufe ofthine afflitîion,"fo others read it ; that is, thou hail been fo preft with thine ati- aion and trouble, that thou caret not what thou chufefl. Mr. Broughton thus ; Beware thou look not to (grow, to choofe that for thy affliélica,' The iurnme of all is, as if Blibiehad thus. befpoken fob in this part al the verle ; alob, whereas God re- q.:ires of thee togive him glory in the humblefubmiJon of thy foul unto hire, and fitting patiently under bit mightyhand ,. thouhaft behaved thyfel f quite otherwi f e, thenhaft carried itfletstly, andut- teredvery bitter complaining, of thy condition, thou loaf+ notgiven God tbegloryof bit foverit:grey, of his holinefe, ju /lice,. purity and vintners, in thy of ïtlton, thouhail notfee thy Pelf to do thisat thou fkouldeft, but thouhad run out exceedingly, and overfbot thyfell.; So that, I may even fay ofthee,tbouhaft chofethis iniquity, rather than f ib:mined to thy a lilt"tön. Ekhu fpeakes reprovingly, this thou. halt chofcn ;, Is this= a good choice ? Hence note, Firiî ; Sin,or that which isfinful, ought not tobe chofen whatfoever we choofe. As Solomon counfeleth, in the book of Proverbs, with all thy gettingsget underftanding, he "manes fpirirual undetf+anding ; as if he had laid, What-ever thou aregetting be fare thou get wifdem for thy f n%, wifdomt to falvatïon, wifdom for eternity; an all thy gettingsget underflanding ; So I may fay in this place, among all your chop, ngs be fare Too never choofe fin ; that's not to be chafen, leave that out,or paft that by inall your elciítions. This is a point of very large compafs ; it furls not my work here, to inl i+ much upon ir, yet I (hail take leave a little ; What ever you cboofe,choofe not fin. Why ? Firf+, Sin. is evil in ir felf, and that which is (noaluas infe) evil in it felf, or evil it Pelf, is not the obje& of choice ; no man is to choofeevil,nor properly can choofe ir. Secondly, Choofe not fin, for fin is an evilforbidden, theLaw is againfi ir, and the Gofpel ton. Thirdly, Choofe not (in, for fin is difiionour to God, and we Mould rather choofe to die than di!honour God. Fourthly, Choofe not fin, for it brings detlruetion upon man. Sit
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