Chap. 5. An Expofttion upon the Book of p B, Verf. 6 s r 4 The Latter branchof this yerfe, Neither dotb trouble fprinx out of theground, is of the very fame importance with the former, therefore I that' not need to flay upon it. The word which we tranflateTrouble fignificsproperly, toylefore labour, or any la- t7ty ,borious toyl accidental to man in this life, as a fruit of fin. This loth not fpring out of the ground. It is an alluGon to plants or herbs, which grow in the open field,without the workor care of man, and fo are oppofed-to plants or herbs in a garden : As ifhe r'arrir mire fit. Mould fay, thy troubles are not like thofe herbs, that grow wild, cut ifa, qui in thefields, without the labour and pains, the care or art ofman. 6ta auia eb a. There is fomé hand or other, that both plants and waters them: grscolir, érn. We maygroundfome obfervatións as the text is read, Iniquity ur funiherb, comes notforth of the duff. And then as it is read, 4fjliïïion comesquat intro, ter. notforth of the duff. And it is necefhary to give it this latitude ; re funk: in the wordequally bearing both fenfes. As it is read, Iniquity comes Prat* & tocu not, &c. We learn, taculti,ganta. 1Firfl, The material caufe of fin it in our(elves. We bring forth the fruit at our tongues or fingers ends,and the root is in our hearts. Our tins fpring not out of the duf,but out of the dirt and filth of our own corruptions, Gen. 6. 5. Evoy .bought ofthe imagination of mans heart it is evil, and only evil. and that continually ; the Hebrew is, every figment or every c read lure is the heart of man, whatfoever a manmoulds and fafhions 'within himfclf, naturally, is evil, and nothing but evil,and it is al- wayes fo. The natural births of mans heart have all one com- mon face and feature They are all one common confiitutión, Evil all. Secondly, We may obferve, That he meritorious caure e of mansfuffering is fromhis Iniquity fpringetb not from the ground, neither dotb trouble come out of the duff As iniquity fprings fromour feives,fo we may refolve it, that mifery fprings from our fin. It is a truth, (as bath been touched upon the fecond Chapter) that, God, in many Ali. dims laid upon his dear children and fervants,refpec`fs not their lin as thé caufe procuring and drawing on there aflfiClions. And very many are atiliffed by the world, not for their tins fake, 'but for righteoufnelsfaker, As Chriil, fo fomeChriflians may fay in 'their theare, We have clone manygood works, for which of them do yeftoneus ? Yet this is as clear a truth, that thefin of any man is in it fetfa fufficient meritorious cattle ofany,yea, ofall aßfif} ions. A creature cannot bear a greater punishment, than the leaf: F f2 of
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