Chap. 24. !n Expcfition upon the Book of J O B. Ver{ 14. 565 The firfi word, they fay, intends chofe poore who heretofore were rich, but now empoverifhed or fallen into poverty;and that by the fecond word are meant thofe who havebeen born and al- wayes bred up in a low condition ; But we need not nand upon fuch nicicies in diflinguifhirgbetween the poor and needy. But it may be enquired, why doch the murtherer kill the poor ? what doch beget by that?where are the fpoyls which he brings home There's nothing to be had from them who have nothing, The Poore and needy. And it bath beenanciently Paid, The empty tra- veller wi/fog before the Theife; why then fhould the Theifeor the murtherer meddle with, efpecially why fhould he kill the pooreand needy ? What have they? or what have they done? Two things may be Paid in anfwer to thefe queries; fire, it is thus expreft to thew the extreamwickedneffe of the murtherer, who cloth not care fo much for booty as for blood. 'Tis for that he thirfts,his delight is in cruelty,therefore he kills the very poor and needy, the next man he meets with, let him be what he will, 'Tis the fin it felfe, or to doe wickedly, which force men delight in, they care not whether any advantage or profit come in by ir; when they have their wíll,when they have don what they would, that's reward enough for them. t=, Hence Note. Sortie will doe wiskfdly though they. get nothing by ir. All-the true fervants ofGod love the work which he lets them; better then the reward which he gives them, and fo do force fer- vants of the Devill. Even the Devill path fervants who (corn to bemercinary. The ac°t of fin is fweeter collier() then any.profic that fin can bring in ; They are txali and perfe&(inner:, who is out of love to the very act offinning : As thehigheft acing in ho- tinefTe is to be pleated with pure as of holineffe ; To do them though we fhould get nothing by doing them, thoughwe make noearnings,though we fee no prefent fruit in doing them. Thus (I fay) to goe on in wayes ofholineffe when the wayes ofholi- negfe appeare barren and unprofitable to us, -yea when they are unfafe anddangerous to us, here's the perfe&ionofholineffe. o the perfeetion ofwickednes is to be-wicked when nothing is got by it ; it ihewes a fincere love to fin (as I may fay) to love fin for fins fake;,as it fhews a fincere love to Grace and goodneffe,
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