Chap. 3 I. f$u Expo%scion upon the Books of J o B. Vert. g 381 Secondly, As hewas kept from it, by confidering the foule- neffe and filchineffeof the fin in its own nature , fo likewife, by confidering, the wofull and fad confequents and effefts of it, or the bitter fruits which that fin bringeth forth, andchofe two- fold. Firfl . Punifhment from man, at the latter end of the a 1th verfe ; Tea it is an iniquitie tobe punifbed by the fudges : A man may commit many fins, which the Judges have nothing to doe with,theres no humane law againfl them ; but this is fuch a groffe and heinous crime, that the law takes Cognizance ofit, and is therefore to be punifhed by the judges. Secondly , This fin is purfued with divine vengeance, if it ef- cape the vengeance ofman,or if earthlyjudges neglect topunifh it, yet God the Judge of all the earth will not ; he will pay it home; It is afire that confumeth to defPtrsi"lion, and would roots gut all »tine increafe. As if he had fayd, The fire of this loft inmy heart will kindle a devouring fire inmy hossfe, andwill not only lop offtheboughes and branches, but utterly route up all that I have planted, horofairely foever it fbluldfl,urifh andencreafe. Thus we have the parts and refolution of thefe foure verfes. The generali fcopeand tendency of which is robs arquittall of himfelfe from that worfer fort of filthinefíe and uncleanenefTe bee thought it notenough to fay, that neyther his eyenor heart had vainely wandered after maids or virgins; but he alto daf claimes that groffer crime, adultery. Verf. 9. Ifmyheart bath beendeceivedby a woman, &c. In this verfe rob offers two things toprove his cleareneffe from that fin. Firft , That he had kept a faithfull watch at all times upon his heart,leaft it fhould goe vainely our after, or beenticed by wo- men. Secondly , He had been carefull to avoyd ( which is the cu- Rome of uncleane perfons to recite ) all opportunitiesof running into that fin. As he watcht his heart at all times fo he never watcht his time at his neighbours doore, to injoy thofe forbidden pleafures. Ifmy heart bath beendeceivedby a woman. What the heart is, hath been explained already upon feverall paffages-
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