Chap. 13. AnExpofitionupon theRook ofJOB, Verf. 24. 503 pollutes every thing that toucheth it : That, as it is bale and dif- honourable in it felf,fo it doth embafe and difhonour every foul that commits it, much more thofe that love it : That it is bigwith and brings forth death, that it is fruited with damnation, that it is armedwith all the curies written, in the Book of God againft fanners : That the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against ir, and (hall be poured out upon it for ever, unlefs we have part in the blondof Chri(t, which was poured out to wafh and fave us from it. We never know fin thus till God makes us know ir. Sin is as a fire to cpnfume, as a ferpent to fling and poyfon us,yet finful man elteems it but as a fire or as a ferpent painted upon a wall, or let upon a fign-pole, which though they have the colour, yet they have not the heat of fire, nor the poyfon of a ferpent. Grace onlygivesus the true fenfeofour ownfin : And he who hath eceived thelarge{t meafures ofthe grace of God, had need tó be rílant inprayer with theGod of grace, to male him know his tranfgrefsien andbis fin. J o> Chap. 13. Verf. 24, 2 5. wherefore hideff thou thy face, arse holdeft meforthi4e enemy? wilt thou break a leaf driven to andfro 2 _andmilt thoupur- fue the dry flu66le ,Z Cur» % we yoga-, E need not labour much for the conneaion of thefe !"1( ° ra"reme words, which are infeed a cor tinned defcription of the pmix) udfqua forrows of a troubled fpirit. Some joyn them with the requefl cóncli% rttei made in the former verte, thus, Howmany are mine iniquitiesand freiera poferre myfins? 'make, me to know my tranfgrefsion and myfin. wherefore volis, tacos hidefl thou thyface ? As if he had Paid, Forafmuch as I propofcng iiso,fane vide that to thy Majeffy, to difcover the wont and darlkefis part ofme, bestia tefbZrz, and yet thoudeft not bringforth any accufation, or lay ,any crime CO ni hi1,tale ira sae my, charge, feeing,by thyfilence thou feemeft toacquit me of being reperiff , ear guilty of any[Itch cranfgrefsion as my friends havefatebted me of : igausr abfcondis Wherefore is it that thou hidcfl thy face, andheldefzt me Pr thine faciem â need enemy ? Ifindeed thou couldeftproduceagainft me any flutdied r ick anq oaeo m agis? eiern Punt ednefs, or arraignme at thy barfor an hypòcrite, then I fbould fee Agiuin, reafan
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