920 Chap. 42. an Expofttien upon the Book of J o s. Vetf. 9. Hence ()Verve, Fourthly; .r hat the Lord appointeth for our reconciliation, we man do, andwe mull do it as he bathappointed. Cur topudeat Though the means which God appointethCeem to us impró- peccatumtuum ()able and weak, though it be troublefome and chargeable, as here dtcere cum non the offering up of fo many bullocks and rams, yet we muff do it; pudet faceto? Yea, though it pat us to fhatne before men, by the acknowledo Bernard, in ment of our errors and miftakes, as here Elipbsz. and his two Sentent. friendsalío did, yet we muff do it.The who are afhamedof fin Erubefcere Y Y r galafapientit will not be afhamed to acknowledge their fin. But what muff we efl,bonumvo do to be reconciled to God or mar ? rd erubsfcere They whodelire reconcilion with God, muff go out of them- fatuitatis. (elves, and go to Jefus Chrili ; they mull (as Elipbaz, &c. did) Greg. /. t.in Ezek.fiam Jo. h bring a Cacrifice to God , not (as theydid) of bullocks and rams , but (which was fhadowed by chofe legali Cacrifices) the Cacti- lice of Jefus Chrift himfelf, whoby ore offering loath perfected for ever them that are[anElified (Heb. 10. 14.) They who delire reconciliation with -man, mull do that which God here appointed thefe men , go to him whom they have wronged,and acknowledge their error, or that -they have wrong- ed him ; they muff alto delire his pardon and prayers. Thus did thefe men and they did as the Lord commanded for their re- conciliation, firi, to himfelf, and then tofeb. Fifthly, We may confider this their obedience, as to the fpring of ir. What made them fo ready, when the Lord com- manded them, to go anddo as he had commanded them ? doubt- lefs this was one thing, the men were now humbled, God had brought them to a fight of their fin ; re have not fpoken of me the thing that is right ; this they were made fenfibleof, andconfefs- cd,andfo obeyed. Hence, Obierve; They who are trul7humbled and touched, with a clear fight and deep fenfe of their fins, will do what[elver theLord tom- mandeth, and as be commandetb. Theywho are made fenfible of the wrath of God, ,deferved by andkindled againfi them for their fins,will do any thingwhich he commands for the obtaining of his favour. God may have any
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