376 Chap. 23. An éxpofLion upon the Beok_ofJ O B. Verf to. nit, then have we confidence toraardGod: even this confidence,thac God will not only not condemn us,but acquit us, yea and teilifie for us; And as it is worfe to be condemned by God then by Con- feie:ce,fo it is better and tweeter to be acquitted bi; God then by our owneC:onfcience, when once our Confciences are acquainted with hisacquittal! ofus and tetlimony for us. Yea, there is this further Comfort in it, that for as much as our wayes are knowne to God, he will give reffimony of them to others, as well as to our owne Confciences. The wore than knowwhat our wayes are one time or other, aswell as God knowes then now : they who are molt pre;udiced afainfi thern,ard draw the hl ckct:lines over them, (hail one day be made to know, that they did not lnow the beauty of them. And this Godwill doe ; either IFirft, In this world by forneextraordin try providence;as vid ;peaks (Pfal. 37. 6) He jha!l bring forth thy rightesufnrfe ees the light, and thyjudgement as the m on day. A mans righteouf- neffe may lye in obscurity, or in the darke, no man knowing it, and moll men ; udging-him unrighteous, and wicked, but Provi- dence force time or other will bring forth this nuns righteoufnes as the light, andhis ¡Lift dealing as the noon day. Or, 2IS', If a good mans wayes l;e hid from-:tie world all the dayes of his life in this world, yet the Apoftie affures him, that in the(,rear day Godwill proclaime them in the cares of all the world. (t Coe. 4. 5) ?Edge nothing before the time, till the Lord come, voho trill b.:th !ring to light the hidden things rfdarknes, and pill make manifrft the Catìneels of the heart. So then a day is corningwhich will make th9rèu47,is lights in the world,and tiring to l,g,i.'táemolt hidden things of tliedarkeft darknef . A,nd by theta hidden things ofdar.knes, andCou ,f lls ofthe heart we are to un- derttand not onely evil' thing, and wicked counils (Cure enough Godwill bring them to light) bur even thole righteous things, and goodCouncelsof theheart, which have Ia'; nn in the dartre, or unrevealed e Godwill bring to light all thehidden things of darknefs, the good as well as tie bad, and then (hail every man, that is every good man, every godly man, have praife ofGod, The praife ofman is very pleeficg unto mac, but Ohow unfpea . keabiy pleating is the praifeofGod I And this opens a vaft diffe- rence, between the hypocrite and the fincere; Can a hypocrite re- Joyce in fetset, faying thus ; Cod knaweth the way that I take e
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