Ctiap. 24. vim Expoftion upon the Bookof j O B. Verf. 13. 55 7 yy;ck,d men are not only nofriends but profefed r%lvedenemies ofthe light, they bate and eppofe hay truths, or the difcoveries of the mind and will of Cbrtfi. They are in open aauall hoftility,they takeup arms and main-, ninea warre againft it ; not that all wicked men doe expreffely fend forth their defiance againft God and his word,but all wicked Coen carry this defiance in their hearts, and it is toGod as ano- penly profeti defiance, though it he not fo to mar;God hears the languageof their hearts,and he knows that the wifdowe(orbell) of the flefh it Enmity agairfl himfelfe, that it is not fubjeaito the law of God, neither indeed can be (Rom. 8.7.) That is, while a man continues (as tohis fpirituall date)under the power & teach- ings of the wifdome ofthe flafh, and is unregenerate, as he is not fò it is impoffible be fhould (continuing in that Rate) be fub ec`t to the lawofGod. The lawofGod will ever continue as holy as it is, and ifthe heart ofman continueas unholy as it is, hoer (ball they agree ? Awicked man Rands not upontermes ofneutrality with the law and light ofGod, but he is a direct .oppofire or ene- my, he rebells againft the light. r- Sixthly, Seeing 14when he had defcribed all thole wicked- neffes which he law done,adds this defcriptionofthe wicked who did them, they are 'ofthofe that rebel egainfi the light! This may be Confidered' two wayes (asT intimated before) fird, as the difcovery ofa new and a greater fin then any of thofe particular fins already inftanced in; or as a reafon why they did break out into thofe enormous fins; the former confiderationyeelds this Note. To reffiorrebellogaint the light of truth the word of God, is tvickednejiein perfel.iien,or wick_ednefs wrought and b..yddup to she very height. As God fometimes brings Judgments upon men in perfection, fo men fin againft God fometimes in perfection. And if any do fo, furely, they doe fo, who rebell againft the light. That fpeciall fin againft the HolyGhoft, of whichChrift faith, It Jhall never bef>given; what is it ? but rebellion againft the light the high - eft and cleared light ? and the more cleareand high the light is, the more danger there is of falling intothat fin. And hence forne con.,
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