Soo Chap. 13. An Expofitionupon the Bookof Jos. Verf. 2-3; ofholy duties : fpreadall before my face. This háth a truth in. it : yet the holy Ghoft doth not obferve fuch a diffinftnefs in thefe words , but ufeth much variety and liberty in their applica- tion. Sometimes fin, which goes loweff in ordinary fignification,is an aggravation : (Hof; i 2.8.) InaiÁnuy labours they fhall findnone iniquity inmeathat werefin, as iffin herewere more then iniquity, or great iniquity. Sometimes iniquity is put as an aggravation upon fin (Pfal, 32. 5.) Thou forgavefl the iniquity ofmyfin. that is, the finfulnefs of my fin, or thofe confderationas which have rendredmy 1m out of meafure finful. Now, feeing there is fuch a promifcuous ufe of thefe words in Scripture, we cannot clearly eftablifh orbyjid upon fuch a difference. ER soatervatio Therefore palling by thofe critical nicities, I !hall take the quadam artij_ words as Synonyma s, fignifying one and the fame thing ; yet ceo plena: Nam being thus joyned, they fi nifie more than anyone fingly can. !trait éafde s For as the repeating of the fame words heightens the fence, fo vests ep plus% alfo loth the heaping up of divers words which have the fame, nation eaadem fence. So that this Rhetorical accervation intimates obi ear- rem fzgnáfic4nti nett delire that all hisfins,by what name ortitlefoever inguilhed xm acervatio might be produced and made known unto him. Let my iniquities, vim folet addc_ my tranfgrefsons, my fins, call them what you will, let them all re orati"i San. be prefented to my face. When God proclaims his pardoning mercy, he heaps up thefewords in his own title, calling himfelf the Lord, the Lordgracious, &c. pardoning iniquity,tranfgrefsion and fin: Left any breach of the Lawmight be thought unpar- donable, all thewords which implyabreach are ufedin the pro clamation of pardon. And while Job wouldhere (hew both his repentance and his innocency, that he was far from hiding any darling fin in his bofome, he begs the difcovery of whatfo- ever bare the name, or had the nature of fin in his heart or life. Hence O1)ferve, Firff, 7 hat the better any man is, the more willinghe is to know the worfi of himfeif. Hewho is light in the Lord,is willing tofee his darkpartas well as his light. some are very defirous others Mould know thegood they have done, but they cannot abide to be !hewed the evil which themfelves have done.The Pharifee (Luk.i 8.) publilheth toall, how he paid tithes and gave alms, how he farted and prayd,
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