powers and faculties of the foule.with their beft and richeft furniture are underftood •, all thefe faith S o lo m o n in a wicked man are little worth ; fo that take him at his beft, and in his beft,he is but trafh or as a trifile. Sin is a reproach both to perfons and nations,as honor is a mans weight in the efteetn of others#fo reproach abates his weight,& makeshim lighc upon the balance.S i n c e t h o u u a f l p r e c io u s i n m i n e e j e s , t h s u w tijl h o n o u r a b le , faith Godf 7/4.43, 4. ) holinefs'adds honour and weight to our perfons 3 (in makes ns light, and then we are iightcft, when we make light of fin s (in is a weight that preffeth us down, yet they who fin moft, weigh leaft in the efteeme of God and of all good men. Sin will quickly finke the foul like lead under water, even to the bottome of the water, yet the finner is as a light thing that fwims upon the top or face of the water. This is a profitable fence ofthe words. Thirdly, Others expound thefe words, as a defcriptionofthe wicked mans drifting and running from place to place for fear of purfuers; or that being confcious to himfelfe, or felf-conderaned in his own confidence,-he is as the Lord cbreatned C a i n ( Gen.4. 14.) a f u g i t i v e a n d a v a g a b o n d u p o n t h e e a r t h : fwift as the waters of a ftreame, which glide along and never fhy in one place * or he is upon the earth as a light thing upon the waters, continu* ally moved and tolled up and downc. But I paffe from this. Ami conclude. , Fourthly, That we may rather nhderftand thefe words as a description of the fpirit and temper ofa wicked man in reference to his finfull a&ings, or the fulfilling ofhislafts; H e i s f w i f t o r l i g h t a s t h e w a t e r , o r , a t t h e l i g h t t h i n g s u p o n t h e w a t e r , that is, he is a man very unfetled, he is fcurryed to and fro, there is no liability either in his wayes, or in his fpirit He abides not inone place,nor doth he abide in one mind. He is full of InconftSncy, he is eonftant in nothing bnt in his nnconftancy.-and it muft needs be fo ifwe Confider, Firft, his luft within, Howcanhe but be fwift as the water, who hath fuch winds blowing and ftriving in him. A carnall man is hurryed with ftormes and cempefts rifing in his own minder as the wind toffech and rolleth the waters of the Sea or light things upon the water, fothe lulls ofevill men toffeand tumble them up and down. PridetofTeth fome, and CovetoufnefTe top * feth others, luxury and wantonnelfe code thoufands into a thouChap. 24. An Exportion upon theEook.»fJOB. Verf. 18. '
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