Chap. r4. ,AnExpojition upon the Roûkof Jos. Verf.4. 565 thoumayeft honour thy mercy and compaflion, by pardoning me, but not thy power by overthrowing me. The worft and weak'fl offinful men, are the heft foil to fet off the beauty and ffrengthof mercy. Yet men are not therefore free from the judgments of God becaufe they are low andmean, for God will judg the loweft, even fuch as lie on dunghils, Sr grind in the Mill the great Godof Heaven and Earthwill bring the 4eaft to judgment, as weil as the greateft. The Rabbins have a conceit that force (hall be exempt orpriviledg'd- from the judgment of God hereafter, becaufe they endure muchpain and poverty here ; but thefe are vain conceits : All mule cone to judgment , though but few (hall (land in judgment. Godwillgiorifiehis Juttice in calling the loweft of wicked men to the loweft hell, as well as high and loftyones. Take one Obfervatiog from both parts of the verfe laid toge- ther, Doeft thou open thy eye uponfucháa one as Iam, and bringeft, me to judgment. There raufl 4eadifcerning of theperfóra andcaufe; before either can be brought tojudgment. Youmuff open the eye to fee what the man is, and what he bathdone, before fentence be givenupon him. The Law forbad the Judg to receive gifts , becaufe gifts blind the Eye of the Judg ; a Judg had need to have his Eyes open, to difcern the caufe and very circumstanceof it. If a gift put on the receivers Eye, how (hall the Judg difcern Nm that gives it. We cannot judgwhat we donot know, nor can we Judg aright without a righitknowledg. ?obhaving pleaded his weakneffe, Meads his finfulneffe. Verfe 4. whocan bring a (lean thing out of an unclean ? Not one. As if he had faid, Lord, if thou epenefl thine eyeupon me, thou muft needs findme unclean, full offin and defiled with fin : Nor canfl thouexpeft any other of me, for, who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ? Surely not one ; therefore do not open thine eye feverely aeon me, do not bringme into judgment with thee, thouart of purer Eyes then to beholdiniquity. I thall fiat open thewords and give the fenfe as they contain an entire p opofition , 1.f clean thing cannot be brought out of Cccc.3 ará
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