Chap. 24. very Exe6ftion upon the Beo.t of J O B. Verf. i 9. 621 Drought and beate can /1092e thefnow waters, fodoth tiegrave thole that bave finned, Hence obferve. Fig f} Somefan fo as ifthey were the onlyfinners, or as if they only badfinned. All men fin,but force goe away with the name, as ifthey one- ly wereworthy to be called finners. Inwhich fence the Evange- lift faith ( Luke 7. 37.) And behold a woman in the City which was afinner,wben jhe knew that 7efus fat in the Pharifees houfe brought an alabafl'er box ofointment,&c. But were not all the wo men in the City finners ? They were fo, but this woman had a commoa f.lme for a finner,that is, for anuncleane, wantonwo- man ; fhe was a finer of finners, the chiefe offinners in that Ci- ty, So (Lukt.. 19,7) when Chrift went to thehoufeofZacheue, the Pharifeeswere vexed, and murmered, faying, that he was gone tobegutft with a man which was a fanner ; As if they had f aid, he is gone to the hou-fe ofa notorious firmer, a man fo finfuil and guilty, that all men fe eme innocent and finleffeincosogarifon crf bim.So they accountedThat Zacheus the Publican;anddoubtieffe he was as noted a man for fin before his converion, as hewas for graceafter it. As they who areborn of God doe not commit fist 'ea, cannot fin betaufe they are bornof God (i J,h. 3 9 ) that to, their finning is no finning in Gods account, and comparatively to the finning ofothers. So they who are borne of the D:vill (as Chri.ík faith chofe contradicting 7e=yes were, 7oh.8.44) doe no- thing but commit fin, and fin fo as if they (and their like) alone did fin, For as nogodly min tinsas a wicked man Both, fo force wicked men fin at Rich a rate, that it may be Paid they only fin, even in refpea of thegenerality ofwicked men. Thus alfo force godly mendo fo far exceed and out - (tripother Godlymen in ho. Jynefîe and the aging of their graces, as if-they only wereGodly, as if they only had the a6bing ofchofe graces. a...Ibrahambelieved as ifhe only hadheels a beleever ; and ?ob was patient, as ifnone had patience but he ; Davidwas a man fo upright, as ifone.ly ht hadbeen upright, or aman after- Gods own heart. There era Saints like Abrahamand David, none like them, and there are finners, like ?eroboam and Ahab, none life them. So
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