iS 3-0 Chap. x6, tlnExpufdo upon the Book of J=O B Veri ", i 7 may do an ad ofinjuflice, but he continues not unjuti.; he reftores what he hath taken unjuttly from men, and repents before the Lord ; but ufuall he is not confcious to himfelfof, doingunjutilytowards men. Ifa Laban (one with whom he hath had converfe ánd.dealing twenty years together) Ihould come and fearch his houle, he is able to fay to him as honcfi Jacob did to his Uncle Laban, Gen,3x,.37. Whereas: thou haft fearebedall my /tuff; what haft thoufound of all thy houfebold- fluff;fee it here before mybrethrenand thybrethren, that they may judge betwixt us both Asifhe had laid, is there any injuflice in my hand ? Let it come, to trial. :, Or as upright Samuel to all lfrael, x Sam. x.2.3. Behold, bere I am, witnefs againft me before the Lord, andbefore hisanointed, whole Ox.bave I taken? Or whole Aft have I takeu ? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have oppreffed ? ,Samuel had beenlong a Judge.,. yet he knew of no inlufiice in his,hand, neither didany man know of any, and:therelore all acquit him from the leali blemifh of unfaith fulnefs in his Office, Verf. 4.; Thou haft not defrauded us,nor op. preffed us, neither haft thou taken ought. (as a bribe ) of any mans hand. And befaiduntà them, Verf. 5 The Lord is wits nefsagainft yeti, andhie anointed is witnefs this day,tbatyehave notfoundought ( that is, ought gotten unjuflly. ) inmy hand That man bath reacht theperfetion of juttice , who neither takes out of the hand"ofothers violently, nor of the hand of others covetou fly to byas his "fpirit when he fits in judgement. Such a Jufiicer was Samuel, all lfrael could not find ought (fo comeby) in. hishand : He might fay( and he did fay as much in of c ) wish job ,. Not for any injaftice in my band, And as a Believer may arrive at Inch a blamelefs walking towards,men,that they cannot fay, He bath finned,fo at fuch a holywalkingbefore`Gbd, that God himfelf will not fay,He bathfinned; And this God will not fay, when he fees .a foul labouring(asP-'aul was once, praying that theCololians might) to,walkwortbyofthe Lord, unto all?leafing, being fruitful in everygoodwork. Cot. a. io.. And when he fees , that his prayer is pure, and his worfhip tendered with a . perfea ®r lìncere heart; When a foul doth not wilfully neglect any duty :,towards God, God will fay'he hath performed all duty ; and though there
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