4 84 Chap. 7. .ate Expofitionupon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 20. J, tither, confefs my felf to be in, or,am fuppofed tobe in. That's the%%flirmative fence. What(hall I doe ? 3 rhe word which we tranflate { doe ] fìgnifies working or doing, under a two fold qualification. 1711V r . Working with g reat willingnefs and readinefs of nind aradicepag nat,refpondct and hence it is applied to the workings of fin in natural men, who, Oraco ¡FA- workwith the greatefl freedome that can be.Man tins naturally, vw,efl ogere and therefore freely : he is carried on with a full Ewinggivei, with aeon- tide ct m energia and wind he fins,nothing in himfelfcontradif ing or ng ifcar tear vote : He is a true worker of iniquity, Pfal. 5. pitear a Working with energie and fuccefs, and the doing ofa thing me 23. 25. What b G wrought? When God works he works thoroughly not only effectually, but willingly, Nu ; he doth ath not his bufinefs to halvcs.So Ifa.26 r 2.Thou haft wrought all our works in ter; that is, thou hall brought, them topats t iey have fucceeded through thy help and the intiuences of thy Welling. The word being taken in this height offfnLe,&tie quellion for an afformation What Pall doe? that is,fhewme irLrncwhat to do ; we mayobfervc from it. Firtk,That, What to do in cafe of fins is a point of tly e high confideration I havefinned, zvbatfhall I do? Ifever we need to goe & ask cuunfel, to fit down and debate the matter with our felves or others, it is, when we have finned. Such is the nature of fin, and fuch the con - fequences,that it calls us to highefl confideration what to doe about it. 'Natters of great confequence,are matters of great confultatre- on : Sin ha th an influence upon an eternity. If any ting befor e worthy your thoughs, than that, let it have them. Secondly, look upon the quellion as following jobs conftffion Obferve thence, Thatfincere confeffion of fin, makes the foul very active and nquifitive about the remediesof fin. i have finned; the very next word is, What (hall I doe? Manymake confellion of fin, who are never troubled about the cure and redrefs of fin ; Lord what (hall I doe ? is not the next queflion to, Lord I have finned: Nay at may be the next action is, to fin over the fame fin,theyhave con - fell. As loon as thofe yews heard ofthe foulnefs of their fin in crucifying Chrifi, and of the fadnefs of their condition; their que flion is like this of Job, What Pallwe doe ? whatfhall we doe that ave may befaved ? s A Chrifl (peaks to the woman ofSamaria 14, 4: ro . ) when he offered her the water of life, if thou didfl k=o
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