226 Chap. 9. AnExpofition upon the BeolZ,of f O S. Verf:i><. off,yet at laff he refolves, I will not pafr by them any more (it is the wordhere)that is, I will not have mercy on them any more, I will not (pare them any more,thenext timel come withmy drawn : fword in my handlI will be Pure to Imiteand wound before I put it up,1mill not pals by them any more. So [ Hepaffeth by me] may note here the fparing mercy of God. The Lord Ipareth man many times,and pardons him,notfuffering his whole difpleafure to arif, when man takes nonotice,but is inlèntible of it. The wordis tiled in this Ede) Prov. 19. rr. ) It is the glory of man to paps byan offence; that is,tofpáre a man that haoth offended, not to punifh him or take revenge : andit is ordinary in our phraife offpeech to fay, I tvillpafsyou by for this time, that is, I will not take any fe- vcre notice, or flriC account of what you have done. And we finde in the fame prophefie of Amos, that to paps theory, notes judgement and wrath in the oppolite fenfe ; in the fifth Chapter, `IpD verle. 17. In all vineyards _hall bewailing;Why?-For Iwill pals tho- In interiorsü,,o row thee, or I will paps into thy bowels or inwards : fo the letter of the originali; that is,I will come to judge thee, I will pats tho- row thee as a revenger, and wound thee deeply, infomuch that in all vineyards there(hall be wailing; why in all vineyards? When he faith, There (hall be wailing in all vineyards, it implies there fhould be wailing every where : for ifthere were joy in any place, it would be in the vineyards;vineyards, are places ofmirth and re- freshing; grapes make the wine, which makes glad the heart of man.Therefore when he threatens, That inall vineyards there fball be mailing; It is as much as if he had faid, There (hall be forrow in thofe places where ufiially the greateft joy was fouttd,or there Thal be forrow in every place. Joy (hall diflodge and give place to for- row, for,I millpafe thorow thee, faith the Lord.So that as the work ofprovidence in fparing,and the work of providence in punifhing, may be underftood by this word, with a little,varying ofthe con- $ru tion.. He paffeth by me in the wayes of mercy, I fee him Vc ".îJmPli not, and he palfeth thorowme in the wayes of judgment,and I íße c=pîraus eß him not. Icannot fee or underhand him as I ought,cither in wayes ivita in- vifibìl ¡tape ofjudgment or of mercy. regarnos ado- Thirdly,we may take the wordsas they are anargument to prove vientean cum the power and wifdomof. God to be fuch, as man is no way able venit,necl"tn to match or to deal with all, which is the fihbi; d job is upon.He f pederer would fet the Lord infinitely above all that is in.the creature and referentemjen- Y> sire po fumes, he doth it here by an argument drawn from his nature. What is his
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