Chap. 3 t. Au_ E.xpólitìan upon the Booke of J o 1s. \'erl. 19. 477 Further The roote of the word here ufed for a covering , is applyed in Scripture to the pardonoffin, (P/al. 3 2.1 .) Bleffed is the man whofe iniquity id f ,rgiven , and whole fin is covered. When fin is pardoned 'cis covered, God fees it no more with a vindictive eye. Exeufes are garments ofour owne making toco- ver fin ; woe unto thole whore fins are thus covered. Pardon is a Garment ofGods providing and making to coverfin with, Wei- fed are theyWhore fins are thus covered. Thofe poore whoare without a covering for their bodyes , are to be pitied, but with what teares fhould we lament thole (how rich foevet they are in thisworld) who are without a covering for their foules ! and fo hand naked in the ftormes and under thole dreadful) droppings of the wrathof God. But to the fcope of the text. Firft , In that Yob faith not only, 1fI have feene any perifh, but, ifI havefeene anypoore without covering. Obferve. Wee ought not only to helpe thepoore againfl deftroying and kit= ling wants, but even againfl pinching andaflitiing wants. What though the poorebe not quite ftarved with cold and hunger,yet if theyare fo preffed with there wants, that their lives are made altogether uncomfortable, and as it were acontinual) death, our neglect of them is inexcufable. As God gives the rich not only enough for their necrífities, but for their moderatede- light ; fo the rich fhould at leaft give toor provide for the poore enough to fatisfie their neceffìcies, and fit them for the duties of this life. Secondly , As to the particularcharities here 'danced in. Note. To Cloath the naked to provide covering for the harbcrlefr;. arefpçciallremarlable alas ofCharity. The latter of there as$s ofcharity is reckon'd up among many as ofrighteoufneffe ( Ez=k. 18. 7 . ) Ifa man be jitfl, &c. ifhe hackgiven his bread to the hungry, and harkcovered the naked with a garment. We lave both putinto the defcriprion ofa true fart ( Ifa. 58.7. ) Is it not to Beale thy bread to the hungry, and that thoubring the poore that are caf$ out to thy honfe; when thoufees# the naked that then cover him. Jefus Chrift will fay to ehe fheepe
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