Chap. 13. An Expofition upon the Book of Jott. Verf. x e, 459 three of the Rabbins ( though they are fomewhat hard put to it,Hon Cr ocnesnfs- tomake out that fence of the word) are much for the later, An a ojcere vide accepter ofperfoni(hall not come before him. We render it tlrì.ttly tur. Rab. Morel. according to the proper lignification of theword ; yet to fay a er Rab. Lev, wicked man or an accepter of perforas (hall not come beforehim,'ta lib. Kad. is as much as to fay, an hypocrite (hall not come before him : For though all wickedmen, all accepter of perforas are not hy- pocrites (,fome fin and carenot who fees, they fin in the very face of the fun, and thethew oftheir fates ( as the Prophet fpeaks) doth teflifieagainfl them.) But (I fay) though poi-illy fome wicked men (at least in fome things) are no hypocrites, yet there is no hypocrite, but he is a wicked man ; therefore we fhall not call either of them out of his name, though we give bothor either of the names to each of them : and as their titles, fo their effaces are alike, we may aswell fay, Awicked man, as 4nhy- ' pocrete Shall not come before him. Not come before him ? Whether can theygo, or where can Phrefis Heárt= they be behindhim wholeface is every where t I anfwer, To come ica idem eft ac before: God, may be underflood eitherof this life or of the life to ilium eondemni, come. We come before God in this life, while we attend the ` reïjci. Bold. duties and ordinances of his worfhip. But it may be faid: Do not hypocrites come thus before God ? none come more before God in that fence than hypocrites ; andherein lies their hypo- crilie chiefly, that they come before God in outward holy du- ties, and yet are fo unholy in their lives, or at thofe duties. The Lord fpeaks complainingly of fuchan hypocritical peoplepref- fing upon him (Ifa 58. a.) ThispeopleJeek, me daily, they take delight toapproaching to God : Yet all this was only as anation that dial r:ghteoufnefs, they were not really a righteous nation. In another Prophet (Ter 7.10. ) the Lord reproveth hypocrites openly, and in terms for coming before him,willyefleal,murder, and commit advsltery, and fwearfalfly, &c. and come andEland before me in this hatefe? Theycame fomuchbefore God, that he was put to chide them out of his prefence, he could fcarce ftave them off. How then is it that lob faith, An hypoerite (hall not come before him, if we underftand it of this prefent life? I anfwer,He comes not fo before God ; firlt,in regard ofright, fécondly, in regard of acceptance. An hypocrite hathno right Nnna to
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