258 Chap.ia. F^xpofitionupon the&oofd,of JOB. Verf. i6. It is their of ic`tion to be deceived, not their fin : but there isno man that is deceived in fpiritual things,, and is blarnelefs , there it is every mans fm not to knowhis duty , and not to try before he approves. The fame word in the Greek fignifies both to. prove and to approve ; implying that no Man ought to approve any thing before he bathproved it. It is no honour to a man to approve that which is true, before he proves it : but he that ap- proves an error before he bath anyproofofit, runs himfelfinto a double fin : Firft . ofbeiríg deceived : Secondly, of not fo . much as con(idering whether hewere or no. But which way fo- ever aman is deceived, whether through ignorance or idlenefs, whether becaufe he could not find the truthwhen he fearcht for it, or becaufe he would not be at the coil and pains to fearch for it whether-it were thisor that by which he is deceived, God wile: reckon withhim about it , much more then will he reckon with .deceivers, whether theyhave deceived ;amply, or upon defigne, though thefe Taft (hall be deepeft in condemnation. God will arraign allimpofters and cheaters,all mountebancks and corrup- ters oftruth, whether in fpirituals orin civils ; They are all his,, and they (hall ftand before him to receive according to their deeds of darknefs and deceit. Thirdly, The deceiver and the deceived are his, that is (as fome 1Qdq; permi in1 underhand it) be permits and fullers deceiving anddeceit to be bon ScripiZi in the world. It is from his fufferance that there are any fuch iribuit r ur qui- This is a truth , though not all the truth ; The Lord cloth not darn púrant, qui will any deceit, yet there can be no deceit whether he will or no; ,fapientio) u [pi- it is poflible, yea, very enfie for him to hinder both the deceiver ri deri vonilo yr and the deceived , but he is not obliged to do it neither is he Marc. pleated to do it : he doth not alwayes give check to deceivers , job ,vot indi- nor Both he at all times fet a bar in their way; He always hin cure divina ders error morally, by declaring againft it ; but heBoth not al providearsa fa- ways hinder it powerfully and eflec`tually by ac=ting againft it. era,rquad gut- Thus the deceiver and the deceived are his-by permiflion,but this dam errant, _ is not all, they:are more his then thus. For, q,idam veto aiios decipianr Fourthly, The deceiverand the deceivedarePaid tobe his be in errores cattlehe ordereth, and difpofeth them, he fendeth out deceivers ,, ntducant and giveth men up to be deceived. He is gtive in this difpenfa- Lion, yet free from the leaf} touch of pollution. He is not the author of thedeceit, thoughbe be the orderer and difpofer of it. Mr. Calvíh gives his judgement- updn the _ place to this effec roundly
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