41 p Chap. ; t. An Expofition upon the Beale of JO s. Verf.r,; know you not thatyour body is the Temple of the holyMoll which is in you, whichye have of ged,andye are notyour Dune. And (r Cor. 3, 17. ) Ifany man defile the Temple ofGod , him rash God de- flroy. Adultery defiles the Temple ofGod. There is facriledge in it. Our Bodyes are or ought tobe dedicated unto God, and let apart for his fervice. From there pretutfes, we may conclude, This is an heinous crime, And what more? It isan iniquity to be punifbed by the ?edges. ,t7 stjä /IV The Hebrew isvery concife, confining only oftwo word. rniquitas Judi. That which we render judges, is taken either ftricilyof acon& enna. tutedMagiftrare, or more largely for any one that is an arbitra- tour or umpire ofdifferences between man and man, or that jud, geth and deterrnincch upon any matter. Thus 1ltofes fpeakes, ( Deut. 32. 3 I. ) Their reek is not as our rocky (that is, theIdols or creature. helpes which they rely on, are not likeGod , upon whom we rely for helpe) Our enemies themfelves being 7'udges. That ìs,let anyof our enemies fit downe and confider this things they mutt be convinced and determine the queftionfor us though againft themfeives. Some take the word judgeshere in this large fence,as to Judge imparts any kind ofconuderation of or pondering upon a bufa- reffe. And fo they make this latter part of the verfe asan expo- 1is verba in%- fition ofthe former. This is anheinous crime, and an iniquity Titter judicata committed by thofe who judge perpend or confider the matter; . Tel *it, um feu As ifhe had fayd, few fall into this fin abruptly or without medi- ja'ï4 luûiea "" cation There are many devifings andworkings in the heart an- none funtpriorre fen!enrta rx,, o tecedenc to the perpetration ofit. That's a truth. frtio ; no fenfto But F fuppofe the Judges here intended, to be fuch perlons as fit, ell lniquiear have power to judge and punifh the Adulterer upondeliberation totem qoe bent about the circutnftances of his fin ; not the perlons who fall into Perpendt:nr, "on the finof Adultery, deliberating (as they often doe)how toac- Eoram qíù ex xbruptopeccant. commodate all circumftaaces for the committing of that fin; Bold. Thus the word is tiled for Judges by office (Exod. 21. 22. )' He (hall pay according to the 7n es ; That is, what the Judges L fhali determine, or as the fenrence of the Judges (hall be. And Ell di i t is often applyed in Scripture and elfewbere to thole who are cur .k. arbitri Tn lege ; bloc calledto decide matters ofdifference betweenothers. And berce seerralirerreli, the fame word in another foeme,6gnifleth to pray ; and the rea- fon:
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