4 ta Chap. 23. 4.4n Expfltion :Ion the Beck of j o E. Verf. 28, To fin, is ro doe foolifhly, therefore he that departs horn it, cloth- wifely, Sin is a deceiver, an impoflor ; he is a prudent man that frees himfelf from euch company; we may match, yea and out -wit fame deceivers,but there is no :voiding the deceit f fin, but by avoiding fin, which is the deceiver ; fin will put t =;cks and chutes upon all that trade with ir. Sin mane +oo;es o` cur firfi parents while the Devil affured them they fhculd attain the wifdom of God, or that they fhould be as God, know ing goDd and evil, if they would but fin. Sin deceived Solomon the wi "eft of men ; they are(in this thin;) wiser then Vononwho turn away from ir. Sin bath the fubtlery of the Devil in ir. Surely then, they are wife with the wifdom of G-,d, avho depart from ir. Zophar faith ( Chap, tt. z2.) Vain man would de ;vile, that is, he would be reputed fo ; but furely awi e man fhouldnot be vain, he fhould not clofe,nor haveto doe with vanity. Sin of every fort, of every degree, is a vain thing, and therefore his underfl:nding is fadly departed from him, who departs not from it. wifdom cry. eth in the /Insets, how long ye fimple ones willyelovefmplicity? What fimplicity were they in love with ? There is twofold u rn- plieiry ; firfi, oppofed to hypocri e ; fecondly, to bolinefs ; or there is fitI ,an ionocent fìmpliciry ; fecondly , an ignorant fim- plicity. It was either the hypocritical or the ignorant fimplicity which they loved, as the next words of wifdom expound ir,And ye learners delight in fcorning,andfools; hateknowledge. Now then ( feeing there is the fame reafon of contraries) if it be folly and ignorant fimplicity todoe evil, it cannot but be our wifdom and underflanding todepart from it. Wemay demonflrate this, yet more diflinkly. Firif, íThus; He that departs from evil, mull be able to fee through all the plea's and carnal reafonings, all the unfound po- liticos and flattering prornifes, which fin-evil makes to binder our departure from it. Sin is fo perfwafive sn Cararor, fo ftrong an frguer,tbar unlefs the word of God dwell richly inus, in all wif- dom and fpirirual underffanding, we frail quickly di,cover a lot briefs todepart. I grail inffance only in three plea's, which fin ufually makes why we should not depart from it. Fi fl, Ssirh fin,, I will bring yeti in profit and worldlyadvanra- >° ñatt,`I will exalt. you and bring you ro honcur,. This is a preveil- g argument witb,the, mof , Gain is fweet to Nàture, and as any
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