Chap. r. 2. AnExpojition upon the Book.ofJ0B. Verfe 16. /57 high a fenfeto give this text ; thereforewe 11a11 take the his in the third and fourth fenfes. They are his, that is, his to ufe , or he makesufe ofthem : and they are his todifpofe, that is, he dif- pófeth andordereth , both the deceiver and the deceived to his own righteous ends andholy purpofes. Both which may be morefully demonftrated, by thefe follow- ing interpretations. Firft, He knoweth them : fo the vulgar reads it , he knoweth rpfe nevit thedeceiver, or the deceiver is known to him and fo alto is the deceived : as if hehad fail : The Lord is acquainted with the de- ceiver, thouoh he thinks that he walks in a mift;or is wrapt up ina cloud, thoug`í'i heflatter himfelf that no eyefees him; yet whether he beadeceiver in mattersof Religion, or in matters oftradeand fiate-policy ; God knows what he is he whole even eyes runs through the wholeearth,fees him thorowly.For when it is faid that the Lord knows the deceiver, it is not meant only thus , that he- knows his name Or perfon , there goes a deceiver', there's afalfe heart , there's aheadfulloferrors and rotten principles, but the Lord knoweth with what artifices and fetches , with what devi- ces andprojec$s,.by what waies asid engines , he compafheth and carrieth on the trade ofdeceiving,He knows alto by what mitre- prefentations, falfe gloffes, and femblances of truth,the deceived hover gal ante havebeen intrapt arid drawn into the fnare. To do this, is one qno 414 fallir ofthe highe{t asofwifdom. To difcern how, and wherein a- decipiens, cujaa nother hadbeen deceived , (hews as much foundnefs of under- reo rgnoranríâ itandin , as not to be deceived. Any fool commits or to is into vet rnaraad g Y vertenriafalfa error, only a wife man finds it out, ccclef1.17. 1 gavemy heart proveils am- to knowwifdom, and to know madnefs, and folly. Solomon iludied as pletfirnr erraaeo much to know folly, astò knowwifdom. Only truthdifcoviers quod non nrf falfehood, and right the wrong. per fapre l riparn fieri pordt. Secondly, The deceiver and the deceivedare his , founts thus Merl. much, That God will make them both to be accountable unto him- felf. Amailer faith to his f{eward or fervant, You (hall give me an account of thefe actions and expences ; fo faith God to the deceiver, and the deceived , you {hall anfwer for what you have 'done; you that deceive, (hall be lure to pay for it; and you that are deceived {hall not efcape a tryal and acenfure for your carelefnefs and your folly : you Ihould have look'd better to it,'twas your duty to proveall things,and to hold fall that which was good. Some are deceived'incivil things , and are'blamelefs s L I it
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