Chap.31. An expoftion upon the Rook of Jo a. Veri. Ir. 4e7 he is about, and the furrowes which he makes , his workings and plottings in ever; matter are finlull; he is alwayes contrivingand hatching Tome mifchiefe. His fin is full ofd:liberation,and there- fore full of abomination, or deep corruption, as theProphte fpeakes ( Hof. 9 9. ) They have deeply corrupted sheenIves. as in the layer cif Gtbeah ; that is,as the men ofGibeah corrupted tl:ern- felves inabufing the Levites Concubine (7ßdg.zc. 6.) Some fin- full corruptions lye as it were in rte. skin, or they are but tkin- deep , they appears as a botch or fore in the flefh ; but there are other corruptions that are like an exulceration in the lungs,heart, or liver, in the bowels or intralls. There is fin in the hand as out- wardly at cd, and there is fin in the heart, which is a plot or con- trivement how to aft it. Some are hurried into evil!, or vio- lently thruft upon is by force ofa temptation : Others fit downe and confult how to bring it forth. There are two things which very much abate and extenuate,, though not totally excufe a fin. Firft , Ignorance, when wefin and doe not know it tobe fin. Secondly, Violence, when a fuddaine firong temptation rufh ingupon us unawares; doth rather drive then intice us to it. But when we fin knowingly, leifurely and advifedly, our finis great, even an heinous crime. We may adde another Confideration which makes any fin a heinous crime ; that is,when we take con- tent in the adofdoing it, efpecially after the ad done. Solomon fpeakes of fueh ( Pro. 2. 14. ) Who rejoice to doe evil!, and delight in thefrewardnejeof rise wicked. And the Prophet (7er.11 e 1 g, ). chargeth ?radiowith this aggravation offin ; When thou doeft e- vill,eben thou rejoyceft. They who now re ¡oyce to doe evil!, (hail (unleffe they forrow for it here with a godly forrow) weepe for ever under the fufferance ofevil! ; Satan is glad to fee men play the fooles ( that is, fport) with fin here, that he may play the tyrant over them hereafter. Againe , As tothe particular fin here protefted againft. Obferve. Thirdly , Adultery 7e a notar!ouftn, an hesntue crime. It is ufurlly a plotted fin, and bath many contrivements in it,: I have fpokenof the devices of the Adulterer ( Chap. 24.15. ): a1any are traders andArtifts in this wickedneffe. Adulterers fet their
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