Chap. 3 I. An Expoßtion upon the Book of J o Zr. Veil, 11. 411 fors is, becaufe prayer doth as it were put our caufeinto the hand tb,t, pro ofGod to be judged and determined byhim, what he will he bin vtti caajar pleafed todoe concerningit or us. Thus we read (Pfal.Io6.3o.) rngnß tnr erdif tip/41it MC'TG Thenflood rep Phineat and executedjudgement, fo the plague was l,21n 2P"ii flayed. The Chaldee faith Phineas arofe andprayed, &c. The : t rod qui e- Septruagïnt give the fame fence iri their tranflation, Re arofe and n. r,, biber appeafed, or made apacification. So the word bath this threefold sd a'."q' it fignihcation ; Firft, to Judge ; Stcondly, to pray ; Thirdly , to rt.-it* f er make a pacification, becaufe as in prayer we commit our caufe per- to the judgement an'i determinationof God, fo it is our great r,.irrat. Mere. bufineffe in prayer to mike our peace and fenke reconciliation with God through thAAtonement ofJefus Chrift. We render it well in the nonne, ly the fudges. Tlsis is an iniquiti to be punifbedby the fudges. There words (tobe punifhed) are not eapreffely in the Origi- lr;iquitas Jac5- nal ; and therefore i he tear is tranflated, firff, by fome, This is a eatá. judged fin. As if 7,;t had fa,d, This is a ; udged cafe,or teat which GandCtjtrr-. bath been often determined an heinous crime by the Judges in all plat..` Common weakhs. Secondly, thus ; An iniquity that ought to be judgedofby the Magiffrate. So Mr. Broughton, This it a finfor tke fudges ; that is, A fin fit for the Judges to take notice of and punith. It is not only an iniquitie that men fhould avoyd, decry, and reprove,but it fhould be brought topublique jùdgeinent and cenfure. From thefe rendrings it appeares that fobs fcope here is to thew, that this is fuch a breachof the Law,fuch a tranfgreffion as requires more then an ordinary dealing with. And therefore thofe additional( words whichwe put to the text in another fet- ter, Tobe punifhed, Are a plaine eapofition what the Spirit of God meaneth, when he faithhereby 74, It is an iniquityfor the Padget. Hence obferve. adultery is afin that deferveth to be punifbed by the tea! gifrate. There are fome fins which the Magi(frate is nót to punith other fins there are which hecannot punith, becaufethey fall not under his cognizance. But Adultery calls for theMagiftrates co- ercion; G g g z Firtf,
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