Chap. 3 t. An Expofitiox upon the Book of J o E Vert. 3. ers amsng the Nations. Holy David lets out this alienation of God diftiu tly ( `Pfal 5.4, 5, d.) Thou art not a god that loath pleafure in wickednef(e ( that is, in wickedmen) neither(hall evil' ( that is, evil! perlons) dwell with ehee : Thefoolifh /hall not fitand in thyfight, thou hateFt all workers ofiniquity, thou ¡halt deflrey them that f tahe leafing, the Lord will abhorre the bloody and de- seitfull man. Here the Lords alienation from the wicked is let forth gradually , and feemes to rife by fixe Reps. Fir'#, He bath no pleafure in them ; Secondly, They ¡hallset dwell with bin, ; Thirdly, He cafteth them forth ; They¡bail not 'land in hisfight ; Fourthly, His heart turnes from them ; Thou hateall the work err of iniquity Fifthly, His hand is turned upon them ; Thou !halt deft roy them that fJ'eake leafing ; Sixthly, His Spirit rifeth againfi them, and is alienated from them ; TheLord will abhorre the bloody man. This efirangement is indeed aftrange ( yet a cer- taine ) punifhmext to The workers of iniquity. Thefe words, the workers ofiniquity, may be confidered two wayes. Firft , As intending ( not all degrees of finners, or finners ofmaiorxm Are everydegree,bur) the higheft degree of tanners, great andgroffe ch cull. finners,refolved and willful( finners. Such as fin induftrioufly, and (as it were) artificially with skill and care to get themfelves a name, as ifthey had an ambition to be accountedworkmen that need not be afhamed in doing that whereofall ought to be a- fhamed, thefe in ftric`3nes of Scripture fence are workers of ini- quity. 323 Hence note. toriotu/inners, makefin their bufznejjè, or their trade. Though every fin be a worke of iniquity, yet only fore finners are workers ofiniquity ; and they who are called fo make it their calling to fin. We reade offorce (Rev.22.15.)who love andmake a lye. A lye may be told by thofe who neither love nor make it ; But there are ly-makers, and they ( lure enough) are lovers of a lye. Such Crafcfmen in finning are allodefcribed ('rIal. 58.z.) Tea in heart you works wickednefe, you weigh the vtoleoce ofyear hands in the earth. The Pfalmift doth not fay, they had wicked- Tta neffe
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