j i,.S Chap, 24. ..fn Expojitiïn upon :he Rook ..f ÿ G l -Nerf.5. his worke, this thetas that he is induftrious at it. As come wcked men ítrickly throw off their fl :epe, that they may doe mifchief: 'So (which argues the fame-principle and (pink) Others fl ep met u sl ire they have done mifoh efe, and their fl ep is taken _away, un- lle they caufe [me to fall, (Pi ov. 4 t(5. ) Their owne fleepe is taken away, unleffe they take away fomewhat which is not their. owne. They will defraud thr-m(e vesof reft, rather then not de, fraud ocl ers of their right.They gonot more limitngly to pi- ton after they have done eviil, thn they go to bed bi fore they have done it. Ohow are they Pet upon milchiefe, whole fleepe departs from them unlefIe.they doir,and who cannot reft unleffe they trouble others. The fervancs of God, when they are up in z ale cannot fieepe unleffe they doe good; as David fpeakes (' P,al. 132. 4, j, 5. ) Surely 1will not come into the"abern. cle ofmy hou,[e,ncr clime up to my bed; Iwilgivenoofeepe to mine eyes, 42 or flamber to mine eye lids, air' 1 havefonrd a p ace for C,, d,&c." - l e was lò zealous for God that if he could he would not fleepe, he would forbid ,is rwn refit though Le had never fo much mind to it, till he had finifht that worke for God. So faith the wicked man, I will give mine eyes no fleepnor lumber to mine eye lids till I havedone this or chatmilchief,and brought my de- vice to paffe. When thewicked lye aking on their beds, what are they about then ? their waking thoughts in the,night are to doemifchiefe in themot ning. (Micah2. 1, a.) We t> them that devile Iniquity, and worke evillupon their beds. How doe they worke it upon their bedt?'rhey.worke it in their thoughts;in their i.tward (hop, tiistre they fa(hion ir,,and when the morrirg is light they praEttice i.r, b;cauja it is in the power ofrbrir hand, they hinder themfelves from (tepe,that they may forward themfelves in fin; The night is (pent in Imaginiitog, and plotting, and the day in cc co.nplifhing what they have imagined & plotted. Their morning light is fpene in the workes of darknefTe, and the text laid), They prollice it, betas; a it is in the poweroftheir h.nd. Ti es never cön- >iider what is Jult for them to.doe, but what they have power to do; if they have ability they want no will for the vileft pra. dices. Agaice, as they cannot fleep fometimesfor deviling mill, Co when they have fiept, their fit It wakir g thoughts are about evil; and this alto is a further ¡roofof their e:;treame is du1lricufDeft in- doing
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