Chap. 8. An Expofition upon the Boakof J OB. Verf. i 5., 99' thevery death,andnot let themgo,the hypocrite will riot give o- ver,will be not beaten off from trufiing to thefe falfe and weak propel, here he fets up his nil, he will die by his gifts, his duties. his outward profellion, and go no further. It isour glory to hold integrity fait, to hold grace fait, yea and duties in point ofpractice and obedience;but it is our fin and dan, ger, to hold them fall in relience and confidence. It is a fad ufe which fome make of this truth,when they hear that hypocrites hold fail uponduties,&c.they let go their duties; they let prayer go, repentance, and forrow for fin go ; they fay, it isno matter for duties, they neednot trouble _themfelves, Chrll dots all. This is to turn the grace ofGod intowantonnefs. W e mull let goboth our gracesand our duties in point of julifièätion,but hold themwe mutt as our lives, in converfation, and the tenour of our lives.Prayer ,hearing,fafling,repenting mutt not die,while we live;. Do themwe mull, but glory in them we mutt not. . He holdeth themfait, hut (yet) it(hall not endure. That's the tall =1P' k:17; thing. We fee as often as the hypocrite rifes to take hold of his dWire hopes, fo often his hopes fail him : (before)Tt(hall notRand (now) =1P (hall not endure. Surrexit, ad The word lignifies, it [hall not be eftablithed to him, hewould fl sbite c eftáblifh this houle tohirnfelf, but it [hall not.be eflablithed, his fairdm tnazsfrt worldly eftate [hall not be eflablifhed, his duties, his graces,his perfeveravit. gifts, [hail not be eftablithed. The word notes that eflablithment which is made by a politick ador edit. It is the Jews operative word, in which they enact laws,E10.9."IThe word is ufed three times, (v.29;31,& 3i.)for"a politicall eftablitha.ci t of that decree,about the deliverance of the Jewes from the conpiracy of Haman, they etlablithed or made a Law for it.Laws are for continuance, therefore they are eftablifhed and fettled. An hypocrite would do fo too, he would enac` and eflablifh what he doth, but it[hall not endure,it will be null'd and repeal'd quickly. The wordallo fignifies,that which isfubjtantiall (itfhal[ no° en- dure) that is, it [hall not be as a fubftance, it [hall appear at laí1 to be but a fhadow,Gen. 7.23. Every living fubftance was dejlroyed; it is this word, that is, every thing that.ttood up and lubfìfted. So, Deut. a a. 6. the word fignifies the fubfance and outward e- [late which Korah, Dathan and Abiram had, They and their fùb- jlancewent down into the pit. The hypocrite thinks his efcate is a 0 2 fcrbtlan-
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