Chap.! o . An Expofztion upon the Bookof J OB. Verf 7. bornagainby the Word and Spirit, therefore they arenot wick- ed ; though much fin be in them, yet no wick¢ dnefs is in them ; and they are denominated from their better part, not wicked from their remaining corruption, but holy from their received re- novation, Thou knoweft that am not wicked. Again, the word in the originall being in the Verb, we may 221 ln translate (as many do) Thou ktzoweft that I have not done wicked-- ÿt0%4 ly.But the fenfe is the fàme,for everyman is in doing as be is in be- &!od nun ist ins ; he that is not wicked in his flare cannot aC1'. wickedly. So pie egert,z° we muff underfiand that of tke Apofile John(' Epifi.3.8.;He that Mont. comnzitteth finis of the devil. Thirdly,To be wicked is ordinarily oppofed to our being jufi;and fo, Thou knoweff that Iam not wicked is, Thou knoweft that I am not condemned or cajt at thy bar, for a wicked man. I am not con- demned, but jutiikìed in thy fight. Inwhich fence the word is u- fed in that prophetick curie againtl Judas, who betrayed Chrifi (Pfa1.109.7.) When he(hall bejudged, let him be condemned:fo we render it ; the Hebrew is elegantly tranflated thus, When he¡ball Extol intro.; bejudged let him go out wicked ; that is , let him go out from be- but. fore the bar and tribunals of his judges, a condemned man, or, Let himproceed wicked;Let that be his title and his honour.Wicked Impobut et ju4 andjuft arc judiciary or Court- terms,cquivalent with juJti,fiedandlturverba font . condemned. forenfia, Some joyn there words with the verfe going before, Dori thou fearch into mine iniquity that thoumay'Jt know whether Iam wicked? As ifhe had Paid, Lord, thou needeft not make enquiry about this thing, fr as lam not wicked, f© thou art not ignorant Thou haft not affliîred me, becatefè I am wicked, nor haft thou fearchedme, be- caufe thouart ignorant,Thou knoweft that lam not wicked. Hence Obferve, Firfi, That the Lordknower thefíate :of every man, and of every thingexaWy. Thefoundation ofGodftands fur¢, having thisfeal, The Lord knowetb them that are his (2 Tim. 2. r9.) and he knoweth them that are not his : not his by the grace ofelefion and regenerati- on : for all are his by the right of creation and dominion. Thus, he knows all the fowls ofthe mountains, and the beafls ofthe. field are his(Pfal. 50.1'.) Davidgives this glory to God in his: own cafe (Pfal.. is. 9. r..) 0 Lord, thou haftfearched ine andknown: the God did not fearchhim to knowhim, but he fearched him and 471
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