Chap. 3 t. 14n Expofition upon the Boob of J ci a. Vert. 7. 371 (haketh his hand from taking holdof, or reccaving any bribe. From the which righteous lob alto vindicates himfelfc, while he faith, Ifany blot bath cleaved to my hands. Hence obferve. Sin is a blot. There are three things in fin: Firil, Thefaule ; every man that finneth is faulty, for he doth what he fhould not. Secondly, Theguilt ; which is a binding over to punifhment ; whofoever finneth and commits a fault is obliged to anfwer it, and to be lure he fhall at the great Seffions. Thirdly , There is in every fin a fpor a blemijh ; fin bath not only a fault, and a guilt, but a fpot, the finer is difbonoured by it and gets a reproach. There is a twofold fin-blot ; the godly man bathhis blot, and the wicked man bath his blot. This di- flinaionmay be grounded upon that 1peech of Moles (Deur.32. 5. ) They have corrupted them/dyes, their #ot (orblot) ra net the fpot ofhie Cbildren,thoy are a pervert and crookedgeneration ; that is, they fin as if they were the children of this world, yea as if they were the Devills children , they fin as if they had never heardof God, they finas the Heathen ; The children of God have their fpot, but theirs was not the fpot ofhis children. Every finis a blot, and'ris firft an inwardblot, a foule blot; that which blots the hand (in this fence ) blots the heart _alto. Sin is not a bletnifb upon the skin, nor a fpot upon the face, nor is only a fpot upon the name and reputationof a man, but 'cis a fpot upon his fpirit. And as fin is an internal blot, fo fecondly, it is an eternal) blot, an indelible blot unleffe Chrift fetch it our ; nothing can cleanfe the foule from fin (pots, but the blood of Je- fus Chrift, who was the Lambe without fpor; Secondly, Take this blot more particularly, for unrighteouf -: neffe, or ínjuftice in any kinde. There are two forts of Juftice, and each bath its blot, there is Cemmunative ?office , that's the - Merchants Juftice indealing and trading with men, 'cis a blot to wrong any man in dealing. There hisbloo Dtotb give ?office, that's the Magiftrates Juftice ; g hisowne, in ruling over man. Thefe blots render both Merchants and Magiflrates not only difhonee Blab difhonorable,but odious and r
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