238 Chap. zz: An Expofitionupon the Book of JOB. Ver f. 2'3. any time inhis pratice, yet it is farce from his fpirit, he bath no minde to it, he cannot fay the lawof God is in his heart, or that he delights to doe it; fo devil! be at any time put out ofhis pra- dtice, yet it is Rill in his Spirit, his minde is toward it, he cannot fay that his heart-is with-drawn from it, or that he hates it. -No, but as the Prophet Ezekielfpeakes ofthe ftubborne.7es ea(Ezek. a. 1.21.) Their heart walketh after the heart of theirdetefable thingt.As every Godlyman is (in the main) like David, A man after Gods ownheart, and walketh after the heart of God ; fo every ungodly marris a man after the heart of thedevill,and eve- ry Idolater or worfhipper of-talk Gods (who is one ofthe wore ofungodly men) is after the heart ofhis falle gods: and hewalk., oh after the heart ofhis falle gods, which the Prophet calls de. teftahle things, Whatfoever is molt after the heart or according to thedefires and commands ofan idol,rhat the idolatrous helot walketh after ; that is, he loves ir, he delights in it,and thus doth everynaturals mans heart walke after theheart ofhis luft,though fometime his feste walke not after ir, orhe may feeme to lay it out ofhis band. But he that turnes indeed from fin, deales with it when he is repenting ofit, as theLord doth when he is pardo rang it. How is that? The Lord in pardoning fin puts it farre from us (Pfal. 103, t 2.) cisfarre as the Eaf itfrom theweft, fo farrehath be removed our tran/grefont from ut ; That is, he bath removed them from us to the utmoft imaginable diftance ; for fuck is that of the ,Eaft from the Wel:they and we(hall nomore meere togetheragaine, then the Bah and Weft (hall orcan meet at all. And thus in repenting a godlyman delires ro put his fin as farre from him as the Eaft is from theWeft,that he and they may never meere together in the pra5ice of them, as he is allured that Godbath fo pardoned them that they and he (hail never meere together in the punifhment ofthem' Theis jisalt pm away iniquityfarre from thy Tabernacles. Inuit antehat In which words he includesmore then his owne perfonall re- roc John' nee pentane ; for by theTabertraeles,we are tounderhand the whole ftl os 444 family or houfehold, the tabernacle conteining,isput for thepee. evr feel& Fons contein'd ; in this Ellphaz feemes to ftrikeat ob for his for- líof extînllof. nacr conrfe, as ifbe bad faid,wickedneffe kath lodged not only in tby çlerc: heart,
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