Chap. i o. An Expofition upon the BookofJ O B. VerQ 6. 467 mire is thus expreffed ( Jèr. 50. 20. ) In thofe dayes the iniquity ofIfraelJha ll be foughtfor, and there _hall be none,and thefins of yudah; and theyfhall not befound. yobcomplains here, Thou en- quirefl after mine iniquity; there the promifeis, In thofe dayes the iniquity ofIfrael_hall befoughtfor; or, enquired after, and.it _halt not befàund;that is,fuppofe the inquity of Ifrael fhouldbe fought after,ruppote there fhould be an hue and cry Pent out after the fin of my people, yet, faith the Lord,it (hall not be found,why,what hinders the finding of it, or where (hall it be hid ? The next words refojve the doubt, it (hail be hid in the pardoning mercies of God: I the Lordwill pardon thofe whom I rejerve ; The Lord would give fuch a full and free pardon of fin, that what fearch and enquiry focver fhould be made after it, there (hould not be fo much as any fear or mark,n©t fo much as any print or Bain left,to be a witnefs of their fin, or a plea for their condemnation. An- fwerable to that ( Rom.8.i.) There is no condemnation to them thatare in Chrfi yefus. yob (peaks as if God were fo far from hiding his iniquity in a pardon, when it came to be fearched for, that himfelf fearched for it, as ifhe were refolved not to pardon ii. Wherefore is it that thou enquired( after mine iniquity, andfear- cheft after myfin ? ` WTI Both Parts ofthe Verfe meet in the fame fenle. The word `Etì inquirer° ( Dara_h) in the latter, being often applyed as the former to a ju-'in peccarorenr dietary fearch; yet fome di(linguifh themaridly thus the former Per teller f5 to lignifie an enquiry by calling to memory, or the examining of uudeiliaTion anem. our felves, Thou enquire i- after mine iniquity, that is, thou askefl Nincd. thy felf,whether thouhad not obferved force iniquity inme,Thou k.erere notat doff ( as it were) rub up thy memory, and take an account offcicntiaoi what is laid up there concerning me. Memory is the flore-houle Ûden"ant_ or treafury, the Record or Regilfcr ofthe foul. Booksare a memo- ,madvvien onem: & vindiflam, Ty without us, and a memory is a bookwithin us. Then the other Dirafh à Ba- word fignifies fearching byexamination of the fufpeEfed Party in kath difiiin ui either of thofewayes before explained. The Lord tells the Jewes Pereß, fr ittud (whole wickednels was grown immodeff, and role a f ep be- danv :m,fiac yond hypocrifie ) that he needed not fearch after their fins, in in fcrerarione tby skirts is found the bloodof thefouls ofpoor innocents, I have nat occultorúm pc found it b fecret fearc5, Jer. 2. 34. as noting, that the Lord ne' . Gotha Both fomtimes make a fecret fearch, and that there are tome who hide their fins, force who fit dole upon, and cover them, as Rachel did the fàolne Idols, when Laban- came to fearch 4 0 0 2 Jacobs
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