a :f 545 Chap.29.. An Expofition upon the Book ofJO B. Yeti., ä6. keow it; yea he is willing enough to be ignorant o, it, that fo üis i;tnorance may be fome excufe to him in not doing him right, or leafy his knowledge fhouk ccoí rain him, to do that is r¡ht for hirreThat which is [aid of the finfulneis of fome men in gene- ral, They are wilirsg to be igxorant that they may fin the more freely, may be 'aid of <ome Magi! traces as to a partimiar cae,tbey are wrlling to be ignoraó.r of the rrgh:, that trey may do wrong more freely, or be lets ['Cured by their own coolciences to do right. Evil men will not îea ch toknow char which they care not to dci. but good men, efpecially good Megifirates,, will fearch out the caute which they know nor, {ocean te they would he the more mo- ved and enabled to do juiiice accordingly. To dole this point, we may take notice, that caufes are un- known and obfcure two ways. Fitts, by reafon of the very ìn- rdnfecali knottings and difficulty of them. Some mens caules'are fo dark a text, that they put all the wifdome the Magifirate bath hard to it, to give a right interpretation of them. Secondly,!Ocher caufes are obfcure, nor in the nature or matter of them, but by the febrility or malice of the parties interefted and engaged in chetn,fetting their wìrs,or rather their lulls awork, to put blinds upon the bufinefs, and to make good look like evil, and evil like good;for as fome clear texts of Scripture are rendred cloudy and hard to be underflood by the vanity and perverfenefs of their fpitirs, who labour more to bring the Scripture to their fence and opinions, then to fubmir their opinions to the fence of Scripture ; fo in civil matters, fome clear cafes are rendred very cloudy and hard to be untie :flood, by the tricks and jugglings either of the parties or of their pleaders. Nowwhether a caute lye in the dark upon either of thefe confìderations,the Judge mull as etiam eau- fhevi' his wifdom in fearching ir out. M the rnagiflrare mull not rat ingurrvi, judge before he knows,fo he fhould(according to jobs example) que ad me non fearch that he may know. The caul which l knew not I fearche4 de ferebarrtrr. st cuts Layar. There is a fecondway of expounding thole words. As imply- ing, that job did not only fearch out ihoíe caufes which were brought before him ; but alto enquired abroad,to get intelligence :ow things n cet, He enquired after thole caufes which were nor re eftneed to him, nor laid before him He fearched out greim- epecs, c oitgft not .complainedof. Hence
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