chap. 24. An Expofition upon the Boo,{` of JOB. Vert. 14 567 flewVriah an innocent man,only becaufe he.could not perlwude him to do that which might have bin forne covering of his fin from the eyes ofmen. Howmuch more will the prophane do fo, when honeft men doe either profeffedly oppofe thetn.in their finfull workes or difcover the finfulneffe of them. further, In that 7c6 upon the frefh account which he gives-of the wickedneffes ofmen,brings in the murtherer in the fiiit place, riling with the light and killing the pooreand needy. We may here take notice, a little, of the greatneffeof this fin of murther, and demonftrate how great a timer the murtherer is, Themur- therer is a fanner of the higheft forme, and there are two Scrip- ture Confiderations in general!, upon which we may make this out Firft, How finfull is it for a man to murther a man, when as the Scripture tels us that if a beat( kill aman he mutt fuffer for it: (Exod. 2I. 28.) Ifan oxe gore a man or a woman that the, dye, the exe 'ball bePurely f ontd, and hi f efh !hall net be eaten.A beati is not capableoffubjedion to a moral! rule or law, as not being capable ofreafon,v et a beat( who is not properly under any Law mutt dye for tranfgrefíing this Law, Thou /Jolt not kill ; And this, furely,Firft,toconvince man ofthe greatnefsof this fin;fecondly, to admonifhhim left he cótncnit this fin ; thirdly, to affure him, that if-he do he mull dye;For ifa beati muff dye for killing a man, then much more mutt man, feeing that Law,againft die killing of a man, wasgiven to men, not to beats, Secondly, The Lord gave a rule to the 7-ewes, what to do for the removingofthe guilt of b'.00d,in cafe a man were found Hain- and no man could tell who was the Author of that murther,.; read this at large (Deut. 21.) from the beginning of the Chap- ter to the end, of the g h verle ; If one be found jinine in the Landwhich the Lord thy godgivetb thee, and it be not (nowne°- (after diligent enquiry, or hue and cry ) who bath fYoin him Then the Elders of thy 7udges!hall come forth, and they(hall mea> fasre (in cafe there be a doubt which City was neereft to the place where the (laine was found)unte the Cityes which are round about him that is flsine. And it !hall come to paffe, that the Cite which k next unto the flainman (ferfrom thence it was mutt pro-- bableshat themurtherer came,or that thither he was fled to hide andconceals himfelf;''therefore) even etie Elders ofthat City 'hall to
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