49z Chap. zo. An Expofition upon the Book! of J OB. Verf. I Is H&c dicendi it is an Hyperbolical! ftraine, noting that finne will never formulafrgnifi- leave the wicked man neither alive nor dead, neither in this cat non prigs world, nor in.the world to come.. It filled his bones while he eeffare pews quas, vivere lived and it will fill his grave when he dieth : ankife a man i,npiurn. dye to finne before hedieth, his firm will live with him when he is dead. The damned in hell have all their fins about them ; when they fhall havebeen inHell millions of yeares, yet then their bones will be full offin, that which was thecaufeof their being cafe to hell,fhall be their everlafting companion there. For as (Rev. 14. 13.) Baefed are the dead that dye in the Lord, they ref(from theirlabours, and their worksfollow them. When a believer dieth, his righteoufnefîe and holineffe die noe : the good workes whch he hath done, dye not, but liedowne in the duff with him ; they perfume his memory on earth, and they goe up with him into Heaven. So we may fa}, Woe to thole this die out ofthe Lord, fromhenceforth, andfor ever, for they £ball not refifrom their labours, andalltheirfnnes, their works ofwicked neft [hallfollow rh rr. How gladwould tanners be if they might goe to :heduff of the grave, yea to the flames ofhell, and finale- not goe with them ; hell is as full of finne as it is of mifery and ¡fit were not full of finne, the mifery would be but little incomparifonof what it is; there is weeping in hell, but ther repenting, nor pardoning : Man cannot repent there, and God will not pardon there. Andhence it is, that though there be continuall weeping in hell, yet there can be no removing of fin out ofhell : repentanceand pardon remove fin, but weeping alone will not doe it; therefore hell is full offin, though full ofteares. So we may apply that ofMofee(Deut. 29. 20. )The Lordwill not Ifi,ere him, but then the anger ofthe Lord, and his JealoufieJhallymeakeagainfi that man, andall the curfes that are written in this book(halllye upon him.The curie (hall ly uponhim as long as finne lieth upon him. When Chrift fpake the utmoft evill ofthe finnes of the ?ewes, and the utmoff of their mifery in theirrefufall of himfelfewho came to take away finne,he cells them : Igoe my way andyeJballfeekme, and£hall dy in your lins, (7(.h. 8. 21. ) Yee (hall leek me, but it:will be two late: it 's. a mifery to live in finne, but Owhata mifery is it to die in fin? they that dye in finne !hall rife in finne, and fand beforeChrift in finne, and how (hall they be able to fiaud beforehim ? The Prophets
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