344 Chap. 31. An Expof tio,e upon the Book of J o s. VerL d. ofour wills to the will of God. From this principle of confor- mity to the will ofGod, arifeth a promptneffe to obey the corn- mandements ofGod (which are theexemplifications of his will) in all that receave the grace of God. Thus alfo the heart of a natural! man is futable to the world, and thereforehe makes hafte ro get it, fo much bafte that he fcarce confiders how he gets it, but haftens to deceit, rather thenhe will not get it. Thus Solo- mondetermines ( Pro. 28. 20. ) He that máketh hafie to be rich, Jhall not be innocent ; that is, he by his hafte to get much riches, contra is much guilt; For as the Apoftle concludes (aTim, 6.9.) They that will be rich,fallinto temptation and a fn,arr,and into ma- sy f.olifh andhurtfull lulls, which drewnemen in perdition andde- lute Lion. Theeager purfuiteof the world layeth a man open to fo many temptations, that he can hardly hold his innocency, and if once a man loole that,he is often a loft man for this world, and he is fo alwayes for the next, and he that is under eyther of thefe loffes, efpecially the latter is drowned in perdition and de- Nation. The word in that text ofthe Proverbi whichwe ren- der innocent, fignifieth, eonpuniJhed, fo we put in the Margin, He fhall not be unpunilhed ; Guilt hath in it, yea is an obligation to punifhment ; And if loch guilty ones efcape punifhment in this life, yet punifhment will be lure to find them in that which is to come. As lab was convinced of the infullnes, fo of the dange- roufnes of this fin ; And therefore faith, Ifmy feote bath hafted to deceit. Vert. 6. ,Let me be weighed inan even ballence, that godmay know' mine integritie. We fay in the text; Let me be weighed and put in the Margin, Let him weighme ; ?ob fpeakes indefinitely, not determining who this he fhould be, nor caring who it fhould be ; Let God weigh me, let man weigh me, let friends or foes weigh me, i paffe not, fo they doeme juftice, and take (as I meare it) my true weight. Mr. Broughton renders relrietively, Let God weigh me in an even balance. We tranflate paffively, Let me beweighed. The fence is t77í1) libro- the fame in eyther reading. The ward is applyable to any kind vtt,ponderavir. ofweighing ; But here, that of a sight judgement and under- ftanding, refpe&ing both thefate ofperlons and nature of a&i- ons is intended; 'Tisa metaphoricall allufion toMerchants or Tradef-
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