494 Chap.31. An Expofition upon the Book of J e B. Verf.zr. Laftly, In that fob would not lift up his hand against the fa- therleffe, when he law his helpe in the gate. Note. (seen inpower /bluld not fatúfie themfelveu with what will paffe among, or be count'nanced by men, bat confider what ii right in it j elfe, what is right in thefight ofGod, and that they are in tkefight ofGod. A bad bufneffe may paffe very well amongmen, and we may have Advocates who will anfwer for us, and flop the =tithesof all gaine layers; But can they flop the mouth of confcienee? can they blinde the eyes ofGod,or impofe uponhim? God is the Judge of all the earth, and he will at lait fit in Judgement upon all the Judges of the earth ; Now, as Mofes pleaded with God about his threatned and intended Judgement upon Sodome (Gen. 18 a5.) Shall not the ?edge ofall the was doe right ? Doubt'. left: he will,though all the fudges of the earth should do wrong. And as he will doe them right, whom the Judges of the earth have wrong'd, fo he will pronounce a righteous Judgement upon all unrighteous Judges. The Judgement of God will be very terrible upon thofe who have doneany thing ( and not repented ofit) agarnit the Law ; but his Judgement will be molt terrible upon thofe who have Judged againf the Law and eyther for (tare or favour, for the fatisfying oftheir covetoufnes or revenge have perverted Juftice , and overthrowne the righteouscaufe of the poore and fatherleffe in the gate. 7ebo/haphat fayd to his Judges ( 2 Caron. 19.6.) Take heedwhatye doe, forye judge not for man, but for the Lord; that is,ye doe not to much fill my place who am your King, as Gods place who is King of Kings. How feverely therefore will the Lord proceed with unrighteous Jud- ges, fceing, as much as in them lyes, they make or render God himfelfe anunrighteous Judge ? Therefore to (hut up this poynt, let men in power dili- gently attend the end for which they have receaved their power, and then they will not eafily goe out of their way in the exercife of ir. Surely what the Apostle afferts concer- ning the end of that power which the then Apostles did re- ceive, and all the Minifters of the Gospel lince, in their ca. pacity , have receaved (1 Cor. 13. 8 ) is true in the Gene- ral!
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