Chap, 7 An Expef+tisaupen the Book of J OB. Verf. 20. 685 hnatr thegift ofGod, and whe it is that fpeaks unto thee, thou weuldeff have asked, &c. That is, if thou wert fenfible ofthe excel- lency and vertue of this water and thy need of it ,thou wouldeft be very inquiltive how to get it,how to havea tall of it,As in regard ofChrift, and the benefits we have by him ; foof fin,,and the evils which come by it : When a man bath confeft and acknowledged his fin, we may fay to him, if thou didft but know what thou had confeft, if thou didfl but know what thou haft acknowleged thou wouldeft prefently be asking, how (hall I get free ? how hall, get clear of thefe fins which are fo deadly, poitonous,deftroying & con- demning?He that is but fenfible what the wound of fin is,wilnever be at rett,never' give over enquiring,iil he bath found a plainer or a medicine for it.He that knowes what he faith,when he faith I have tinned,will refolve as David in another cafe, that his eyes (hall not have a winkof deep, till he fees where to have help againft it. Thirdly, In that he faith, what (hall 1 doe? Obferve, 'That a foul troy fenfible of fin, ís ready to fubmit to any termes which God fhall put upon him. What fhall I doe unto thee, 0 thouprcf erver of met ? Put what termes thou wilt upon me, I am ready to accept them. That mas the fence of their çuetlion ( Ads 2. 32. ) what fhallI doe ? thew we the wry let it be what it will, we will not Land makingof conditions, we will not pike and chufe, this we will doe, and that we will not doe, this we, will fubmit unto, and that we will refufe; no, let the Lord write what articles hepleafes, we intend not to debate, but yield and fubfcribe unto them. When the jaylor found himfelf in the bonds of hisiniquity, he was ready to enter the bonds of duty, Aflr r6.3o. Sirs, what muff 1 doe tube faved ? Laftly, From the queflion in the affirmative, Obferve, 'That God is to be confulted and enquired after in all donéer ful cafes, efpecially inourfin cgfes. I have finned what fhall I doe unto thee ° thou preferver men? He calls upon God, to know what he thould doe, and to learn what court he mould take .Though, whenwe have opportunity to fpeake tomen, that's good, and a duty ; yet we mutt not reft in the count is of men,what to doe in fìn-cfaes ; God mutt be confultede. After thepeople hád committed idolatry inmaking the. Calfe,you have finned ( faith Naffs ) and now l will gee up unto the Lord; that I enty make art atoneméntforyou ; I will goup to the Lord, that I may underhand from him, what courf to take For the removing et th;'s fins S f ff2 Though
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