Cap, i 6. fluExpofition upon the Book ofJ OB. Vert,t 7. 43 3 therein many failings in Prayer, yet God will fay, that mans prayer is pure. So then, we grant that no man lives and tins not, yet we affirm, that nogodly man lives in fin ; and that force godlymen are fo far from living in any fin, that others cannot tax them, nor can they tax themfelves of aang any grofs fins; yea, though the Ix Li of Saints here know they fin, and know their lins, yet they may be Paid not to commit knówn fins; that is, not to linknowingly : He is not pro- perly laid to fin knowingly, whow knows he fins , but he who finsagainfl his knowledge. Thirdly, Obferve. .olinefs confifts ina compleat uniformity, or in conformity to the whole will ofGod. Job draws the pictureofa holy man, in all his limbs and lineaments; equity and purity contain all : Some are Fir/t' Table Chriftians, others are SecondTable Chriftians. Some are zealous for prayer, who are extream cold in doing Jullice force are extream honeft and juft to men, righteous in all their dealings, but they care not for prayer, nor have they any delight in communion with God : The .Law of God is oneentire thing, and fo mull mans obedience be, He that of. fends inonepoint isguilty ofall, james 2.1 o. For though,he thatcommits adultery, cannot properly be Paid to break that Law, 1hou Jhalt do no murther yet whofoever commits adul-' tery, may properly be laid to break the whole Law: the rea- fon is given by that.Apoftic in the next Verle; For he that Paid, Do not commit adultery, Paidalto, Do not kill ; . now if thou . commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, tkau art become a tranfgref- for ofthe Law. He that breaks any one link ofa chain,breaks the Chain, though he break not a fecond link :. 'tis fo here, the whole Law is Copulative : and as in this fente, the Law is one, fo the Law maker:is altogether one ; This the Apofile fames hints, as the reafon of it, For be thatPaid, donot commit adultery,Paid alfo, do not hill : Asif he had laid, There is one and the fame LegiGlative power commanding all, and there- fore , if ye tranfgrefs one , ye tranfgrefs all. And how can there be a Rate of Holinels without an equal re- fpeet toboth Tables of the Law, fecing the breach of any oneLaw of each Table, is, thoughnot formally, yet redo- direly a breach ofevery Law in both Tables. And therefore 'tis
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