Chap Expoftion upon the Book,ofJoB. Verf.6, 837^ it.Cbri fl faith,Let not thy left band knowwhat thy right band loth; that is,cake not much notice of thy own good deeds. As a re- penting perfon will not touch at all with his former evil deeds, fo he will not talk, nor take much notice of his own gooddeeds, The belt of himfelf is little to himfelf. Before I pafsthis point-, it maybe enquired, Fir({, what this fell- abhorrence, which accompanies true repentance, works in tbofe that have it, with refpe& to fin, or finful fell.. I anfwer, It works chele five things. Fir(}, A diflikeof finful Pelf ; he grows intoa diftafl with fin, it rclifüeth not his renewed palate, and fo will not (like unfa- voury meat) go downwith him. Secondly,A hatred of finful felt; Tis but an eatie ftep from di- daft and diflike to hatred. That foon falls under our difpleafure which pleafeth us nor. No fooner did 0mnon diflike his filter Tamar, whom he inordinately liked a little before, but the Text faith (2 Sam. 13.. rç.) He bated her exceedingly, fo that the barred wherewith bebated ber, was greater than the love wherewith be bad loved her. Thirdly,An indignation againft finfutfclf. The fpirit of a true penitent rifeth agaìnft fin, as againtl anopen enemy, or a falfe friend (z Cor. 7./ t.) Fourthly, An utter averfation, or alienation from finful; fella As they who live in finare averle and alienated from the life of God, that is, from holinefs ; fo they who repent of fin, are alie- nated and turned away from the fins of their former life. Fifthly and laftiy, An oppofition againtl fin. There is not bare- ly a turning away from ic, but a wat againft ir, a defire to defiroy and mortifie it, to do it (as I may fay)- the greateft mifchief we can. Thus diflike is followed withhatred, andhatred with indig- nation, and indignation with averfation, and averfacion with op- volition, wrought and riling up in a penitent foul againtl fin, Bur, Secondly, it may be asked, why doth a repenting foul ab- hor finful fell ? I anfwer, He doth it upon there four confiderations. Firft, Becaufe is appears to him as a filthy thing (Eztt t-6... Plat, 38. 7. Prov. 12. 22.) All which Scriptures thew, that as finis a filthy thing in it feil, fo it appeareth fach to a repenting foul,, They that love their fins, look upon 60115 finC things, or as
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