358 Chap.' 6. sQn,Expofation upon the Bookof J O B. VerGi $ bloody fins, chiefly the fin of blood, to light. The jufliceof God in all ages hath tent out his Writ of enquirie after bloody men, and for the blood ofthe innocent, PJùimg r 2. When he maketb inquifition for blood, be remembreth them, he forgettetb not the cry ofthepoor. But doth not the Lord make inquifition for all fin ? Or is there any fin that God Both not inquire after ? Surely no, there was never any lin committed in the world, but the Lord bath inquired after it, fin fhall not be loll, God will find it out, and keep it upon record : But when it is laid, Godmakes inquifitionfor blood, it argues the greatnefs of that fin : For while that at ofGodwhich extendeth to every fin, tr ap. ,propriatedtofame oneparticularfin, it is an argument that God takes fpecial notice of it, or that it it a very provoking fin: Though God makes inquifition for all fin, yet as if he would let all other fins pats unfought, and un-enquired after, it is laid only of this fin, that he makes inquifition for it. We find not the like exprefGon about any other particular fin in all the BookofGod ; though it be a truth, that he enquires for all fin, Thirdly, Obferve. 0Eartb, cover not thou myblood. Innocencyfears no difcovery. Come who will, Angels from Heaven, Devils from Hell, Menon Earth, let all creatures be fummoned into one Jury ofgrand Inquelì, an innocent perfon will neither run nor hide his head for it : He whole heart bears witnefs withhim, fears no witnefs that can be brought againft him. While confeienee acquits, the matter is not much whoaccufeth,'or condemns : He that is righteous knows that all his fins'aie covered by the free grace of God in the righteoufnefs of Je fus Chrift; and he knows that he hath not covered his fin as Adam by excufes, nor fewed the Fig- leaves of carnal rea- for ings together, to hide his nake,dnefs; he knows alto that he lives not in any known fin, nor hath` wickedly departed from the Lord, Now becaufe in all there tefpe rs he knows nothing by himfeIf , therefore he cares notNwhoknows him -, he calls not for Masks, or Vifors, forCurtains, or Coverings, to obfcure or difguile himfeif, or his aetions under, either from
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