Chap. i 3. An Expofition upon the Book of Jolt. V f g.. that they were morebulle in judginghis perfon, then in applying remedies to removehis grief. Now,when God upon the fearcii Ihould find our fuck ill matter as this again(} them, could it be good to them ? Surely Such a difcovery as this could not gain themeither reward or approbation.ls itgood rhoshe fhouldfearch you out ? Hence Obferve, Firft, God is able tofearch out anddifcern the hearts and ferret wades of all the children ofmen. He knows not only what we do, but with what heart and for what endswedo it. His eyes (do not only fee, but) confider;, his eye-lids (10 not only behold, but) try thechildren of men, ( P 4 i . i t. 4.) The eye-lids of man do not fee at all, they only protect andfence the lightof the eye : But toPhew that God is all figlu,and all eye,his very eye-lids are faid to do morethan fee, to try the children of men. O Lord (faith David, in theplace lately cited ) thou haft fearchedme, and knownme. Man fearches man and cannot knowhim, for, what man knoweth the things of a man, fave thefpirit of man that is`inhim ?_ (I Cor. z. H.) but the Spirit of God knows what is in man, he hath a threadwhich leads him unerringly, quite through the labyrinthofmans heart. rhea haft !mown me, all over, thouknowefl'my down-fitting and upriftng, that is, whatfoever I go about or take in hand : Tea, thou underflandefi my thoughts afar of ; that is., before I think them, or before they are born.. We cannot draw a curtain between God and our fouls, nor fpread a vail of fecrecyover anyof our actions. Thewales of a man are before the Lord, and be.pondereth (as in a ballance) all his goings, Prov. 5. 21. ) Secondly, Obferve, Itwill be little to the profit or credit of hypocrites and evil doers, when God comes to fearch them. Chrift quickly efpied among all his guetls, theman that had not onhim thewedding garment ; and as foon as Chritt fpake to him, he was fpeechlefs. He was condemned in himfelf, becaufe he had not prepared himfelf. Three things arife from this confideration, by way of corol- lary. First, Tangheed offan, for God willfearchyou oat. Mofes tels the two tribes who defired to takeup their inheritanceon the D d d other 3ii ON
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