Chap. 25. AAn Expofitien upon the Bookf J G B. Verf 5 . 707 therefore what he did we are reckoned as doing the fame with him. Secondly, The guilt of thatfin is ours by particular Imputati- on, as the fart is ours bycommon participation; for as ife,9dans had good in a flare of Innocency, that had redounded to us for good, fohis fall orfin redoundeth to us for evil. Thirdly, There is the pravity or corruption ofnature, iffuing from that firft fin,and that ischiefly aymed at in the prefent text. And this is derived tous by propagation. The defilement ofna- ture defcendeth and paffeth from generation to generation t therefore, how can be that Id barn ofa woman be clean?and that de- filement hash two things in it. Firft, The loffe oforiginal purity, or the defaceing andblot- ting out of the image ofGod inwhich man was created. . Secondly, A fnccs:ifion of horrible deformity and diforder, which confitteth, firft, in apronenels roall evill; fecondly, in an impotency and weaknefs, yea inan averfenefs from and enmity againf all that is good. So then, we have to do with theveryaft of rldams fin by participation, with the guilt ofit by Imputation, and with the filth anddeformity ofit by propagation : From all which it may wel be quefioned, How can he be clean that is born ofa woman, and concluded, Every man borne of a woman is un citane. Verf. 5. Behold, even to the t.)W en and it fhineth not, and the Starresare not pure in hisfight. In this verle Bildad proceedeth to ague downe the prefurnpti- on (as he conceived) (474, by calling him to confuter thole things which are farre belowGod, and yet were farte above him; as if he had Paid ; Wilt thou c mendwith god, when thou canif n:t contend with the Montand Starr:, ? they haveá brightsitfi beyond any thing of thine, why then do, ff tisou infifl' ¡0 filly upon thefhin. tags of by conv.rfation towards men,and the brightnefs ofthine in- tegrity towards God ? Behold, even totthe A oene and itfhineth not. There is a twofold underftanding of there words ; fir a, fame expound theraby defcending; as if Bildadhad fpoken thus ; Be- Xxxx2 hold
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