Chap. 14.. An Expofition upon the 1iookof Jos. Verfe 4 pliable and ready to fubmit unto faddefl difpenfations. I am un- clean, and is it any wonder that the holyGod, who cannot be- holdany unclean thing, fhould throw an unclean perfon over head and ears into theWaters of afflitlion ? Ex nature Secondly, He fpeaks this as a motive to compaffion, defiring foam corrupti- the Lord to mittigate his forrowswhile heaggravated his fin, yea ne crape_ to ceafe from afflicting, becaufe he knew (by reafon of this na- umfacilius turai uncleanneffe) he could not ceafe to fin , till he fhould pertrahere, ceafe to be in this world. Thus God limfelf argues for his own adveniam f.. compaffions and fparing mercies to the renewedworld after the bi dandum ne flood : forwhereas he had faid (Gen.6.5 .) The imagination of the itagravi- thought mans Iar heart-is cnelyed,il continually, and therefore Iwill de- terolsgat. f y from the face of theearth. Yet at the v1erC. 8th chap. verf. 21. the Lord refòlves thus, Iwill not again[mite the earth any more, and every living thing as Ihave done, Why ? For the imagination of mans heart is evilfrom his youth t As ifhe had faid, Though Idrown'd the worldwith water, yet they are not waJ1edfrom their uncleannefs, Ifeewater will notfetchout fin, nor my judgments Snakeman holy : I mull always deffroy if I Aould deffroy as often mat men do wickedly, therefore Iwill not(mate the earth in this fort any more. Thus ?eb might move the Lord to forbear afifting him, becaufe he could not (being born in fin) forbear to fin, though in this he aggravates his own finfulneffe. We may befeech the Lord to fparesus when weact fin, becaufe our natures are tidal t but wo unto thofe that go about, either topalliate or extenuate heir ads of fin by the finfulneffeof their natures. 578 Air JOB
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