55,0 Chap.3 i. An Exofition pip,n the Be o u< 0terf.26. jr O B 3n. Vert'. 25 , 27, 23. If I' beheld the Senne when itfhined, or the Illoone wanking in hrightnc f e : Andmy heart hath been fecretly enticed or asay mouth hath r¿rfJéd my hand : This alfo were an iniquitie to be pumped by the Judge : for Ipallid have denied the c; od that is above. INt thefe three verfes ÿe6 proefleth his freedome fom, yez his abhorrence of Idolatry ; Concerning which wee may con. fider ; Firft , Theobj,Ai of Idolatry, a creature, here the Sun and A400ne are fpecified ; If 1beheld the Sxñe whets it /hived, or the tMoone walking in brightnrffe. Secondly Themanner ofcommitting Idolatry ; and that' is two-fold. Firft , Internant , The fedudionof the heart, there it begins. Ifmy bears hashbeenfecretly enticed(v. 27. ) Secondly , Externall; The Adion or gefture of the body; Ifmy month bath kiffed my hand : there it is perfected. Thirdly , The cxtreame finfullnefïeofIdolatry ; which is ma. nifefted two wayes (v. 28. ) Firft, By that feverity which man ought to ufeagainlï it. This alfo were an iniquitie to be ounifbed by the jtudge. Secondly, By the notoriousevils that is in the nature of it a. gainft God, .as the groundof that feverity; For lib ,uld bave de- nied the god that is above. Thus we fee both the matter of this context, and the general! fcope ofit.7obs clearinghimfelfe from the fulpition ofl iolatrous pro&ices. Yet before I meddle with the expofitionofparticulars in refe- rence to that intendment, I fhail take notice of three opinions which carry the fence of thefe words wholv another way. Firft TheSeptuagint or Greeke tranflaters render the text, as a reafon why job made not goldhis hope, nor fine gold his con-
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