1 Chap. 7 An Expofitienurn the Pack of ) OB. Vert. 2 r , 7:Ar:, Commandment of God, and when God pardons, he pafl'eth by the fin ofman, or he cau.feth his fins to pafs away. Tranfirefact's,. So that this word ; Take away, past away, or caul to pats, i.e.impunitum notes the removingof fin, both in the guilt and punifhment ; refingaiscondo. When fin is pail by, all the punifhments due to fin are gaffed n3s. by, the (inner (hall Lever be toacht , or feel the weight of Gods little finger in judgment ; when God comes with his revenges, he pa(fcs fuch by, as in that plague ofEgypt, the flaying of the firtt born, which was therefore called the Lords Pafreover, in memorial whereof, that great ordinance was appointed the Jews, of keeping the Paffeover, and eating the Pafcal Lambe, Fxod. t 2. 13, 14. In this fence theword is úfed, Amos 7 8, when God was refolved to punifh and charge the fins of that people upon them, he faith,Bebold 1 willJet a plumbe line in the middefi ofmy people 1fraet, and what followes ? I will not again pars by them any more, God carne before, once, and again, armed to deliroy them, but when he came, he pail by them, he put up his fword, he unbent his bow, he flopped up the vials ofhis wrath , whena aloudof blood and judgements hung over their heads, he Pent a breath ofmercy, and caufed it topats over them, but now (faith he) I will no tagainpals by them any more ; that is I will fnrely. puni(hthem, fo the next words interpret, the higheJl. p lacer oflfaac (hail be defolate, and thefanfivary of dfrael(hall be laidwaft. Some tranflate that in Amos, I will not any more diffemble your wtckednefs or your fin ; and that carries a fair fenfe , for Verbum@bra&.,. when a manpardons, or will not punith anoffence, he feems to rum-MI/11' take no notice of it, for that (properly) is to diffemble a thing ; gcrittur i in- (as fimulation is to pretend that which is not, fo dif imulation is f n ir, ex to take no notice, or not to hold forth that which is;)God paffeth perfona Dee by and diflembles the fins ofinen,in a gracious way, when he will ponitur pro not obferve or loot upon them to question or punilh them. panaaccipien- TheCreek word (Haub. 26, 39.) anfwereth this Hebrew, 6umefl,ut ne- where our Lord Chrift prayeth earnefily about the removal of the quaguam apud eco maneat fed cup, Father (faith he) ifit be poble,let this cuppats away front petranfear, me ; In the fame fenfe that fin is faid to pats away, the cup of Hinton. in Gods difpleafure and wrath paifes alto away, when fin is pardon- Amor 5 ed : therefore SChrifl prayed thrice, that the cup might pafs away idosuttra from him, that he might not be dealt with asa fanner, but that ttrotuaeiing, there might be a conrfe found out to (parehim,and fave the glory n. erc. of his fathers jufiice:2et (he fubmits not my will but thy will bemtfo no. done
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