Chap. Ir. An Expofition upon the Took of J0 B. Verf. 15. z t9 changed. 3. Envyand difcontent, (gen.3i . z, 5.) Labans coun- tenance was not toward Jacob eu before ; his face fuffered an evil change, becaufe God made a good change in the elate of Jacob; though Laban was a ifubtle man and a diffembler yet his envy at the profperity of Jacob was too bigge to be diffembled. 4; Guilt and fhame the fruit of it appear in the face ; He dares é,jai notjbew hisface, whofe tvicl¿edne flares in hisfece. The Lord laid our pudet ant untoCain (Gen.4. 7.) Ifthou do well, 'halt thou not be accepted? pæxiret eculas The word which we tranflate accepted Liignifies properly to lift deieut. up , and fo it may be rendred in that place ; if thou dowell, thou Erubuit gdreo r : xxie u fhalt have a lifting up , that is thou 'halt lift up thy face upon as dejeijcit uep acefios. good-terms as thy brother Abel: uprightnefl'ehath boldneffe both Ovid. 6. Met. with God and man. (a jrob.3. 2r.)' If our heart condernne 1u Si bene egeris ; not , then have we confidence (or freedom of j:eeéh) towards CI od. elevare, i.e. ele- They that are alhamed of what they have done, hang down their 'trio "41 "/". heads, or pull their hats over their eyes, they dare not be Peen of men, much leffe ofGod, who is ofpurereyes then to behold iniquity. Thou'halt lift upthy faces Without _Mot The Original imports any kinde ofblemilh. Some tell us, that =1n the word e Wotnus is derived from it, which Lignifies a fault-' Denetat vi- finder or one who makes it his bulineffe and fludy , to linde or tium "re "s make faults in what is done or fpoken. To lift uptheface without eel gtaicquid jjiot, is, to be without blemilh, or blameleffe. pulibrita¢iinena- def}ruit. Spots in propriety of fpeech belong to the body. Cu n them/tn. i otnuW - Leopardchange hisfpots? Jer.r 3,.23. The Lamb for the Paffeover mutt be without ]pot, E'xod.1 2.5. So muff the Priefls, Lev. 2.17. As whatfoever Heins the beauty, and darkens the light of the face; Co whatfoever difcompofeth the harmony, or hinders the comelineffe of the whole body , comes binder the proper fenfe of this word. There is alto a metaphorical fpot, which is two fold t Ertl, Upon the name or credit : fo a mans difhonour is his 'pot ; any blemilh call upon our reputation, is called an afperfapn. Second- ly Upon the minde or inward man ; fo every fin is a fpot. The Greek word for unblameuble, or Without linful blemifh, difeovers ry',ttsss. it felf plainly,to be the offpring or this in the Hebrew. The foul takes fpots as well as the body. _ Whatfoever blemifheth the beauty, or obfcures the gloryofthe minde ; tvhatfoever fullieth the.
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