836 Chap. 42, an Expofation upon the Book, of J o R. Verf. 6. faith (Ezek, 6.9.) They (ball loath themfelves for the evils which theyhave committed in all their abominations. And when theLord had promifed to bring the children of Ifrael to their own land, he tells them, what work they (hail be at there (Ez.ek. 20.43 ) There (hall you remember your ways anddoings, wherein ycuhave been defiled, and ye !hall loath your [elves in your own fight,for all the evils that yehave committed. Once more in that Prophet, (chap. 36. 3 t.)Then fhall ye remember your ownevil ways, and your doings that were not good, and (hall loath your felves in your own fight for your iniquities, and for your abominations. In all thefe Scriptures we have loathing of felf for fin and evil done.. And as there is a loathingof fanful Pelf in true repentance, fo Secondly, Of righteous felf, or a loathingof our (elves in the good,in the bef},that we have done.We may foon fee that in the befI of our duties, which will (hr up this felf- abhorrence, or which gives us caufe enough to abhor our (elves. So Job did as to all the glitter of his moralverrues, of which he fpake fo much before in feveral places, elpecially in the 3 t . chapter. He that truly repents, dothnotonly abhor his fin, fo as never to commitit again; but he abhorreth his righteoufnefs, fo as never to ttufi in it at all. Thus the Apofile fpake (Phil. 3. 7, 8.) I count all things but lofe for the excellencyof the knowledge of Cbrifl'. What did he account lofs ? not only the evil that he had done, but all the good that he had done ; he accounted that butdung, that he might be found inChrifi, not having his own righteoufnefs,which is of the law. Self-righteoufnefs is gold, and to be embraced in converfation; but 'cis dung, and to be abhorred in juflification'. fob abhorred his own righteoufnefs from the beginning of this difpute in that point, though he fpake fo muchofit (chap.9.. 3 t:) If Iwafh my felf with fnow water, andmakemy bands never fa dean, yet !halt thou pipingme in the ditch, and mineown cloaths Ball abbsr me, or (as in the Margin) my own cloaths (ball makeme to be abhorred. What means he by his cloaths ? Surely, not the cloaths that were uponhis body, but his moral cloathing, his own works of righteoufnefs , according to the law. Thefe cloaths (faith he) will make me to beabhorred; F feel Icannot be accep- ted in them, nor juf§iñedbythem. lob was clear inthat before; but now he doth not only abhor his own righteoufnefs, 'as to crat- ing in. ica, but as to talking fomach of it, of fo much as CO talk.o£ Eta.
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