378 Chap. 23 . An Expofition upon the Book ofJ OE. Verf. I o, and difcovered any way, in their abominable wayes, they are in the terrours of the Jhadoty ofdeath ; that is, they are ready to dye with the fright and terror of it. Hypocrites are fo farre from re- joycing in this, that God knowes the way which they take, that to be known either ofGod or man is their torment. Thirdly, Confider why Both lob appeal to God in this Caufe depend+ng betweenhim andhis friends ? The reafon was, becaufe he knew his friends mif judged him through their ignorance ; Therefore he defined to be heard by a Judge,that perfe&ly knew his wayes, and fo was able to make a righteous judgement of him. Hdoce Obfetve ; God oo tNary way tted to be a rigbteoua ?adv. There are two things efpecially that fit a man, to be a Judge. Firft, That hebath a principle ofrighteoufneffe in him, that he be not byaffed and turned afide from doing right indifferent- ly without refpedtof perfons. Secondly, That he bath a principle of light in him, that he be (as lei bro advifeth Mofes) a man of knowledge.Both thefe meet perfe&ly in God; He is juft and righteous in all his wayes, and he knowes all our wayes. Some earthly Judges erre for want of a Principle of righreoufneffe;and fo in things which they plainly know and fee as cleare as the light, are ready to be drawne and wrought off by refpe &s and interefts. Again; thereare other Earthly Judges, who are right and honeft enough in their Princi- ples,nothing can take them off,or miflead them to the right had or to the left,but they want knowledgeand underftanding todif cerne between good & evill,right & wrong,they cannot fee into the merit of the Caufe,or, the integrity ofthe perfon before thê, and thereupon (tumble inJudgement, Indeed the beft ofEarthly judges cannot alwayes ( when they have done their heft) finde out who hath the good Caufe, and who hath the bad ; and many times they that plead blinde them with their Rhetorick,fettinga faire gloffe upon a foule Caufe, or making a faire Caufe looke foule, and fo the judge is deluded; Peeing he judgeth of things as . witneff'ed and reprefented, as alledged and legally proved,and fo it may fall out that while he judgeth righteoufly, his judgement may not be right. But we ( as 79b here) have caufe co rejoyce tha9
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