Chap.7. Ax Expefitier upon tbs Book of J O B. Vert r g . 682 to confefs finne abundantly, that grace may abound. La(tly, Thoughwe need not contefs fin at all to inform Gird : he knows our tins, though we' will not make them known ? and hathan eye tofee, though we thould not havea tongue to confefs. Though ( I fay ) we confefs not to informe God what we are, or what we have done, yet, wemutt confefs to glorifie God. While we thame our (elves, we honour him. My Jon ( f ith Jofhua to Achan.c. 7. v. 19. give! pray thee all glory to the Lord God, of IJrael ; and-make confeffion unto him : Every atributeof God, re- ceives this gift of Glory by mans confetliion. Juttiee is glorified and mercy is glorified patience is glorified, and holinefs is glori- fied. Bolinefs is glorified inoppofing fin, and patience in (paring the firmer; mercy is glorified in pardoning tin, and jutlice in receiv- ing fatisfaótion at thehand of Chriti for the pardon ofit. Fourthly obferve. E-itlyeonfe f an offin, leads the way to thegratious pardoning offin. Jobsbegins the next verfe with a vehement prayer fut pardon. And why doe(} thou not pardon my tranfgreflion, and take away mine iniquity. Sinconcealed and kept ciofe, growes upon us . And it growes three wayes ; F'irft, in the ftrenghof it ; Secondly in the guilt ; Thirdly, in the terrour and vexation ofit, Pfal. 32. 3, 4. Wheal kept filence, my bones -wax eld,througb my roaring. all the day long. Confellion is a !manes to obtain the abatement of din, in all t bree. The ttrength of it is weakened, the guilt remo- ved and the terrour overcome. Then hear the counfel of the Pro; phet ( 43. 26. ) declar that thouma,yeft bejuffifed Thus farre of the words as they are a conf ffton of fin. I (hall now handle them, as they are a conic (lionor a grant that he hag finned ? and fo the fence may be given thus I bave finned what(hall I doe unto the ?As ifhe had taid;Let rae bcgranted orfup- pofe that 1 bave finned, and finned as deepely as my friuds have chargedme ; fuppofe I bave been as wieked as they imagin, what then? if this were my cafe, what (hall I doe unto thee O thou preferver o fmen : The latter words plainly import a queflion, What Jhall I doe uu to thee ?`But the fence of the queftion is not fo plaine : The que- Ilionmay be taken two wayes : Either affirmatively, or negative- ly. Takeit affirmatively; and fo the fence is; what Pall I doe ? that is, Lord dire& me, counfel me, order me, teach the what bécoencsmtne to doe in fuch a safe, and iu fuch atfinful condition as S fff Ia either
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