3 5o C;hap.31. An Expofition upon the Boob, of J o B. Verf.6. perfans and aïtions. Where almoft among men (ball we finde a ballance ofJuftice for man, Though the weighing ofaman or.of a matter, is ofgreater confequence , then the weighing ofany worldly Merchandize ? 'Tis much more difficult toget an even internal) ballanceofreafon and judgement todifcover the right ofa caufe then toget an even external! ballance to find out the weight ofa commodity. And furely we have reafon to be very exact in weighing bothour ovine workes , and the workes of o- ther men, Peeing the Lord will certainly weigh both theirs and ours over agair:e, and that in a molt even ballance. The Scripture .fpeakes much and often of God weighing the wayes and workes of men ; and 'cis not what we judge of our (elves, but what he judgeth that muff determine our condition. (pro. 16. 2.) fill the wayes ofa man are cleave in his atone eyes. Some men,I g ant, are condemned in and of themfeives, yet ifevery man might be his owne finali Judge, few or none (as we fay) would be con- demned. The eyes ofmolt men are !o uncleane, that all their wayes are cleane in their owne eyes. But howfoever any man ,rnay acquit himfelfe, or be acquitted by others,yet God ¡udgeth rightly ; he judgeth not by appeara: ces but by reallities,he jud- geth the infide as wel as the outilde,and therefore it folioweth in the fame verte, But god weigheth the f irits. The fpiricofa man .often miftakes the weight or his owne actions, bur God who is himfelfe a fpirit, never trif!'eth the weight of our fprits. Some have ferious weightie fpirits,others have light and frothy fpirits. We can doe fomewhat towards the weighing ofatLions, but we can hardly,ifat all,tell how toweigh fpirits,God weighethboth; ( Sam. 2.3.) The Loydis a Godofknowledge, andbyhim at-ti- cal are weighed. He can ea:îly weigh a&ions, who weigheth fpi- rits, whichare the principie and fpring of aäion. And as God .weigheth the adtions ofall men righteoully. fo thewïtions of ail righteous men favourably. (Ija. 26.7.) The reap rf rh jn(t is uprightnes,theumoll upright doefi weigh the path ofthe . Which Scripture though according to other tranflations, it be interpre- tedof the providential path wherein the upright waike,that God doth fmooth and level it for them ; yet according to our tranfla- tion, it plainely holds out the poynt inhand , that God taketh fpeciall confideration,as ifit were by weighing ofthe moral path ofanupright man, that is dale path ofhis converfation. Yea,
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