s;hkr. 3 t. .r1n Fz^pofitian repon the Boke of J o a. Veri.ra. as named among Saints, what (hall we thirke of thofe who would v,oe under the came of Saints, and yet doe luch things ? dab havin!, thus protefted his innocency, as to the breach of lai (On`ugll Covenant, proceeds to tell us what preferved him in'r and kept him both in heart and life fromany firth ex.>rava, gancy. the firft thing whichhe propounded to himfelfe was the greatneffe and foulcneff: of the fin confidered in it felfe or in its ownae nature. Verf. t r. Far this is an heincue crime, &c. roe Z1CT ° The Original is but one word without any epithete, we tram :1, el uc [late not hardy, This is a crime, but exegetically , An heinous re, propriè fig crime ; Which epithete is clearely intimated in the Hebrew roote nficatcog:tairo fignifying properly to meditate, device or thinke. And though it vern fed fenè be a midle word ( as Grammarians fpeake ) and foapplicable ei- femfer lumina Cher to good or evil) thoughts and devices. Yet if we !Doke in matem, tc: thorough the whole current of Scri ture,itis not only molt com- pro eo fce.4re g p Y rgfrod a,iverfna manly, but almoft alwayes taken in an ill, fence , to note filch aiium nefarrè heart devifings and thinkings, as tend to mifchiefe, or havemif, mobrnur fi to chiefe intended by them. Andhence the noun (ufed in,the text) Merc+art lignifies any evil! praftice, fore-plotted anddeviled. So that the fupplement inour tranflation is a proper expofitionof the force ofthe Original, Anheinous crime; and we find it often ufed in Scripture to expreffe the molt heinous crimes.. When the lawof Mfoes forbids inceftuous marriages by this word (Lev.i8. 57.). Thou thalt not uncover the naltednesofa woman ker daughter &c. Why ? It id wickedneffeor an heinous crime. How great a wicked- neffe is it for a,father , who fhouldby all means preferve his daughters chaftity, and reltraine her fromwantonnes, to encou- rage and expofeher toit? This wickedneife is calledby the fame Apudpro;:hanos name ( Lev. 19. 29.) Doe toot proftitute thy daughter to caufe her sirchar nevi- to be a whsre, left theland be full of whoredome, and the land be- t`°' comefullofwickednef e, even of ftudied and contrived wicked- lion ego Nequí., tin dicerer etfe neffe. That Abominationacaed,upon the Levites wife or Con. taper Propert. cubine, is delivered in this word( 7udget.I o. 6. )They have corm- O. 2. witted lewdneffe andfolly in Ifrael. And when the Pfalmift would fee forth that wrathfull malice which lyes working in the head and heart ofanungodly man, hegives it thus ( 'Pfal. 37. 12.) Thewickedplatted, 4, 00, the juft. Once more, I fìnd.it applyed to
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