Chap. 6. AnExpofition upon theBooïZ,ofJ O B. ÿerf. 30,5 Secondly obferve, To per(Jt in evil it .vorfe than the committing of evil. The one is common to man, the other peculiar to the Devil, and his peculiars, who knowno repentance. It is bid enough to do ill, but not to return from evil, is inexcufable ; therefore the Lord often by Prophets layes this as the heavieft charge of all,upoa his people. He taxes themwith their departures from him : But efpecially with their refufals to return unto him, Yet have ye not returnedunto me; this is more finful than all the fins you have committed, you have not returned, you gone on and perfevere in evil. The !word of God proclaimes alike voice in our cares at this day, Return return again l We have departed and gone away fton-i God, let us not draw that ancient change upon our felves, I have fmitten you, yet have pe not returned unto me. It is not finning, bnt not returning, whichbrings final condemna- tion, Impenitency pales the /loneof deftrulion upon Perfens and Nations. Thirdly, whereas thefe words, Return, let it not be iniquity, are referred to job's friends, as ifhe had faid,Let not thisyour paf- fion make yo4rfinfouler and greater ; you have finned already, but if you return not, your fin will be iniquity fluortly, Note; He flops hisfin frombeingan iniquity, wbo hafiens his returning fromfin. Every fin, thelcatt fin, is fin, as the leaft drop of water, is wa- ter.: but every fin (in a ftria _ fence) is not iniquity. The nature is the fame, but thedecree varies. As many a child never comes to be atnan;fo manya fin comes not to be an iniquity. Happy it he that taketb thofe little ones, and da,Jheth them againff the flames. That returns before their fin be an iniquity. Fourthly, obferve further,how Job calls upon his friènds,when he fees them tranfported (as he thought) with paflï'on s he leaves complaining of his own forrowes, and gives them good counfel ; he, for that prefent forgets his own ruines, that he might amend them. It it our duty to reclaim, and to appcafe chafe bygentle entreaties, who, wefuppofe, have wrongedus, or gone affray fromMuth. Job lothof rail vpon ox revile his friends,but befeeches them to be betteradvifed. andconfider what theydid. Fifthly, dmhat he faith, ctttrn,yearetnrn again' taking this for.
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