672 Chap. 3 t. .4n Expofttian aspora the 'Book of JO B. Veld. ; 3 lapt fpirit , and difdained to take any private contentment in his family andhome relations while the Armÿwas abroad is the field upon publicke fervice. NowDavidbeing difappo} utedand his finfull proje& fayling for this firft covering ofhis fin,he pro jets a kcond and that a farre worfe one then the ftrfi. He will make murder the covering ofhis Adultery; and bee-mare murder was too futile a fin to appear:openly ; therefore being (in that hurry ofpaffions and temptations) re`olved to take away the life of Vriab , he provided a covering, for that fin before he committed it ( except in his heart) giving order to his Generali 7oa6 to put himupon a hot and hazzardous fervice,thathe might fall by the fword of the children of ilmmon,and yet not fo much by their fword as by thecommanded treachery of his ownepar- ty. Howdeceitful!, how defperarely wicked was Davids heart (in this particular a& ) though (inhis general Elate ) a man af- ter Godsowne heart !Howmany fns did he commit to make a covering for that one fin ! His Adulterous a& mutt be covered witha conjugal one by Vriah,and becaufe Vriab would not doe that fober,he madehim drunke todoe it;And becaufe that would. not take thighmutt dy , that he might take thewiddow for his . wife and fo . by a conjugal a& Ofhis own coverhis former Adulte. rous'a&;And to make the fyfteme ofthis fin compleate,the plot- ted defigned deathofVriahmutt be covered by thecommon fate ofMankind and the chance ofwarre.Th fonord(faithhe) devou- reth fo andfucb(as we putin the Margin) or one as well as another, (as we put in the ter) (2, Sam: t r.26. )cwhen as Davidwifhed and intended it (hou!d devoure Vriah rather then anyother. The third cover of fin is lying,which is the knowing anddireá affirmationofthat which is nor true,or the denyall of that which is. eArsanias and Sapphira finnedgreatly by keeping back part of the price for which they fould their poffv(lïon, having dedica- ted the whole to publickufe. And when Peter put the gut ftion to thewoman (CIE t 5, 8.) Tell mewhether ye (Old the land for fomock, and/bee fayd, yeaforfo much, as both finned bykeeping back part of the price , fo_ (he covered their fin by affirming they brought in the whole;We fold it forjuft fo much(aa we brought in,that was h-er meaning) we had not a penny more for it ; Then Teterfaydunto her, hotir is it that ye have agreed to tempt the Spi- rit of the Lard, Behold the feet ofthem which have buried thy huf- band
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