460 Chap. IS' An Expofition upon the Bookof Jos, Verf. 16. to come before God in any duty, he cannot cali God father, he cannot lay claim toany promife ofthe covenant; or it he do, he flail not be accepted, much fefs fuffered to fee God as his falva- tion. Thus an hypocrite fhall not come before God in this prefect life ,though he appear often perfonaily before him. Secondly, He (hall not come before God in the life to come, to enjoy, or joy in his prefence ; he Mall not fee God to his com- iñ 3 'ven;et ea fort, but to his torment ; he (hall only fee God as a Jadge ro be jus nt vtdeat condemned by him, and thus he would not fee him : he fhall be ipfnm Deum in driven to the tribunal or judgement-feat of God, but he fluff qao uttima fa- not ftand in judgement. There are four expreffions in Scripture, which gradually fet forth the rejection of wicked men from the prefence ofGod. Fir(l, They (hall not he admitted entrance, Rev, a J. t7. chap, 22.14. Therefhall in no wife enter into it any thing that defiletß nor whatfoever workethor maketh a lie, that is, unholy ones shall not fomuch as fet one foot over the threfhold of that holy city. He fpeaks thus (Ifa. 59.14.) in another cafe, Equity cannot enter, It was a-time wherein equity was fo far from having due refpect and entertainment, that juflice could not fo much as get in a doors : Equity cannot enter. Thewicked (hall not enter into the kingdom of heaven, theyfall not have the feaft admittance. Secondly, The Scripture faith, wicked men shall not fland in the prefenceof God (Pfd. 5 5.) Thefoolsfh(hall notffand is thy fight. David treateth theremuch upon the fame argument that jobdoth ; for after he had fpoken of his own acceptance with God, he adds,in a way ofoppofition, the foolifh( hall not (land in thyfight; though p&libly he may enter, yet he (hall norftand there. Thirdly, The Scripture faith they (hall not dwell with God (Ppd. 5. 4.) Evil(hall not dwell with thee, that is, evil men (hall not, though they Mould be admitted entrance, though they fhould be buffered to 4tand a while before God,yet they (hall not dwell with God, they (hall prefently pats away. The fourth expreßïon, is that in the text, which comes be- tween the firft and fecond, between entring and ftanding, that is, coming before God ; anhypocrite fhallnot come before him, that is, Gad will not have any thing to dowith him in a way of fa- vour. Thus he is excluded totally, he fhall not enter, faith one Scripture; if he dotb, he fhall,not come before God, faith ano- then ins hominem eonfi(tct, veni- et tomen in confpeltu ejes jndicandus. Aquin.
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