Vert*. Chap, 7. AnExpofition upon the Book,of J O B. , 20. Fist}, I can do nothing to efcape thy power, I cannot get a way from thee, J cannot refcue my fdt from under thy hand. Secondly, I can doe nothing to fatisfie thy ¡office: Thirdly, I,can doe nothing, to paci1l thine angers J cannot only not pay the debt, but I cannot appeafe thee,or tut') away thy difpleafure.in theleaft degree. From the Queflion taken inthis fence, we may obferve, Firft, That, the holief} man on the earth by all hie fufferings and doings cannotfasisfie the jufice of Gedfor one fin, I have finned, what frail I doe unto thee? When the Angels had finned, what could they doe unto God, in this refped ? Thefe three negations lay up on them, and do lye to this day, and than to all eternity. They fin- ned but once, yet could they not efcape out of the hand of God. Though fpiritsand powers, yet they could not maintaine their, Rate againft the power ofGod, and are therefore caft into prifon, and referved in chains of darlinefs to the judgment of tiregreat day. They could not pacifie the wrath of God towards them, God is highly difpleafed, and his wrath bottles as hot againft them as ever. Now if finning Angels could doe nothing to God, what can tinful man doe ? The Queflion is put Micha 6. 6 Wherewith fhall I come before the Lord? And bow my /elfe be. fore the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings ? with calvesofa yeare old? will the Lord be pleafedwith 'thoufands of rams ? or with ten thoufata rivers of oyle, ? Atli I give eny frft borne for my tranfgre ion ? thefruit of my body for the finofmyfoul ? Thefe &ueliions are denialst come not before God withany ofthree. fhen what is it, that God doth require Jle,hatb(bored thee, what it good, to doe judgement and- righte sufnafs, to walk humble with thy God But why three things ? What though I cannot make a price for my fin with calves and rams and rivers of oyl, though my children will not be a - cepted as a ranfome for my tranfgreflions yet can I make a price for them, out of juffice and righteonfnefs and humble walking? No not outof three neither. TheLord doth not require thrfe, for the'paiments ofour.debt,as weare tanners, butfor the :paiments of duty, as we are creature .There isa double debt to God:a debt to he jufticeofGod for finscommitted ,and a dept to the law of God for duties enjoyned. The former no man ss able pay, to but with eternal
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