if¡ 13 g Chip. S. , A z Expofition upon the Book of J O B. Verf.2a, a man fo forgetful ofa husbands duty, as to hate his wife : the meaning then is only this,The Lord faw that Leah hada lefoportion of love then Rachel had,or left then her conjugal relation calledfor. Jacob did not love her with that flrengthofaffedion withwhich tie Ioved Rachel.Which expofition is clear verf. o.)andhe(natne- ly Jacob) lovedRac hel more then Leah; then, Leah was loved, yet Jacobs lovingofRachel more then Leah, is called, hating ofLeah. Not to love another in that degree we ought,ii a degree ofhatred.And in this fence we may take it here ; for though fuch as malicioufly, and profcffedly Cet themfelves againft the righteous äre chiefly in- tended, and fitted for this vetture of fhame; yet it iscut out alto for them, whodo not love and efteem the righteous, whodo not prize and rejoyçe in them, as thebeauty anddignity which Chrift Bathput upon them, invites them to do. Thefe haters (hall be cloathedwith fhame;according to the degreeof their hatred (hall be thedegree of their ihame. Theyfhall .be cloathedwithfhame. To be afhamed at all is a great puíithment; what is it then to ractice be cloathed withlhame ? To be cloathed with fhame is a great ß%Jra punifhment, and molt proper for thole who are proud of their ittítt ?'sli;'er, cl0athing. roivd/A9i . Shame is the fruit offin. When there wasp) fin in the world, Otircngli!]i there was no fhame in the world ; The man and hit wife were erord obafht ís as near is i ,both naked, andwere not afhamed.- Innocency knew no fhame, and found as in glory. (ballknownone. It is good tobe athamedwhen we have f;Iife, done evil, but it is belt to do no 'evil, whereof to be athamed. Shame is aperturbation or trouble of mind, expreffed outwardly by holdingdown the head,or byblufhingin theface.And it arifeth three waycs, i.. From doing fomewhat.againfl common light : though every ad ofevil bath matter of fhame--in it,yet a man is not naturally a- f amedof it, unlefs it be doneagainft the light of nature. Not to beafhamed of Inch fins, is to put put the light of nature Such raven are grown clown intobeets. The impudence of jerufalem is fet forth in finning againfl the light ofScripture withoutbluth- ing,. IJa3.9.Were the as allafhamed?Sorne are fò modeft,that they are athained to hear of,much more to be praifed for thegood which they have done : Others are fo impudent,that they are not afha-' s _ied to hear of, no, nor to be reproved for the evil which they have
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