696 Chap. 41. An Expoftion upon the Book of Jos. Vcrf. ftrength or rigtateoufnefs, but in ChriR we tray. Fromhence we may more than conclude, Fourthly, That there le no ¡landingbefore God in our foor. God is terrible to (inners, that is,to thofe whocontinue in the love and pra&ice of their fins : God is of purer eyes, than tobehold and approve evil. David having fpoken of thole (Pfal. r, t.) that ¡land in the wayoffsnnero, faith (at the ¶thver.) there is a /land- ing for them in the judgment. They that Rand in the wayof (inners, cannot Rand at theJudgment-feat of God. job (aid (Chap. 13. 16. ) A hypocrite (hall not come before him, that is, he (hall not come with acceptance before God. Though hy- pocrites will chrul themfelves into the prefence of God, yet they (hall not come before him ; though now an hypocrite may come before God in any outward performance, yet not with any acceptance :. and to be fuse he (hail not come before God in glo- ry; and if he (hall not tome before-him, how can he Rand before him?The Lord will evenblow him away. Only they that fall down before God are able to ¡landbefore him. We mutt fall down before God, in a fence of our own vilenefs and wretchednefs, and then we (hall be able to Rand before him, and to behold his pleafed face byan eye of faith : A flout (inner (hail never Rand before him. It is Paid (Zech. 3. 1.)j-o fhiaa flood before the angelof the Lord. He had much ado tokeep his Banding;why ? becaufe the Devil flood there to refill him,and pointed to his filthy garments: but the Angel pleaded with theLord, to takeaway his filthygar- ments ; and when they were taken away, then hewas able to Rand before God. It is Paid (Zech. 4. 14.) which is conceived tobe meant of Jo(hua and Zerubbabel)Thefe are the two anointed over, which /landbefore the Lord of the whole earth. And as they in the type, fo all that are Olive-branches, that have the pureoil of the Spirit, may and (hall Rand before God. We become Olive-branches in ChriR, having the oil, orthe graces of the Spi- rit, Pent down into our hearts, according to the promife. Holy and humble fouls, Olive- branches, they that are full of the grace and Spirit ofour Lord Jefus, 01211 Rand before God ; but as for man himfelf, that is, man in himfeif, in his own wifdom, Rrength or righteoufnefs, above all, in his fins and unrighteoufnefs, can never Rand before God. If he cannot Rand before Leviathan ? how can, he Rand before the Lord ? This is a great Gape] truth given,
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