58m Chap.; t. An Exp?tios upon the Book of J o a. Verf.2:8. by God and naan ; and fo much the word Alfa at the beginning ofthe verfe feerneth to intimate ; :a1í were an in quitie to be punifhed by the ?magi. The word alfa conneds and couples !his finof Idolatry with fomeother fin which °ob had irflanc'd in be- fore, falling (as all acknowledge) within the cognizance and un- der the punifhment of humane Judges and that is the finof A- dultery at the eleventh verle, where 7,4 purging himfelfe from that filthineffe, faith, If mine heart bath been dcceaved by a go- ifI have layd maire at myneighbours ¿core, then &c. for this is anhaincue crime, Tea it is an inegxirie to h punifhed by the fud- ges- ?ob pafì.îng from this fin to feverall others, from all which he acquitted himfelfe by levere imprecations, he proceeds to doe the like as to the fin of Idolatry, concluding , This alto is an ini- gwitie to be punifhedby the judge ; As if he had fayd, Looke what I concluded before of Adultery, the fame I conclude againeof I- dolatry,This alto is an iniquitie tobe punifhedby the ?sage. I have (poker) of many fins which God will judge , though they never come nor can corne under the Judgement of men. Magiarates have nothing todoewith chofe fins; but as for the fin of Adul- tery, and this allo of Idolatry, chefs are fins to bepunifhed by the Judge. I know fome make the connectionwith the verle immediately foregoing, and thence gather an argument that this i8rhverle cannot be expounded ofany humane; but of the divine Judge a- lone, God himfelfe. There 7cb fpake of coveroufnefe, Ifdlaid to the Gold, tieuart my hope, and to the fine CJ Id,. then art my con- fidence : or if I rejoyced becaufe my wealthwas great &c. and then proceeds to the finofIdolatry, This aho were an iniquitie to be funijbed by the yudóe. As if70b joyned this fin ofIdolatry, with that ofcovetoufneffe. Now becaufe it is agreed on all hands,that Covetoufneffe, or the inordinate delire of riches, is a finwhich earthly Judges cannot punifh, it is not under any Legali cenfure. For though Covetoufneffe or the love ofmoney,is punifhedeve - ry day intheefft$s ofit,ftealing,oppreflìon, and wrong dealing, yet covetoufneffe in it felfe, in its ownename, or inperfon (aswe fay )is never punifhed by any humane Judge. Covetoufneffe is an inward tranfgreon, ani fo cannot be brought to an outward tryall ; wee may have vehement fufpitions ofa man that he is co- vetous, yet no man knowes the heart, which is the proper feate of
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