Chap. 31. An Expofttdotr upon ;be Booke cf J o a. Verf. 33, 67 band are at"tbe chore, andtall carry thee cat. -A dreadfwll Judge. ment; Theywho covered their lin with n ly, are themselves co- vered with the earth. And as fin is often covered by d ly in LISA firfi notion of it, The affirmation of that which is not, or i falle, foalto by a ly inthe second notion of ir, the flat and pe- remptorydenyall ofthatwhich is, or is true. Thuswhen tiehazi had gone covetoufly after Xfaman for a gift ; as he gar it by framing a ly, fo he covered it with a ly (1 Kings 5. 25.) Whence comtfl than Cebat,i, fayd El /he, And he rayed thy fermant went ( not hither or thither, that is, as we trat flare ) no whisker. This covering of his tranfgrt Ilion colt Cakae,ì deere too He having got gifts fromNaam,:n bya ly, to fatishe his cevecouines, and having told his Matter another groffe ly to cover it , is himfelfe covered with the leprocy of 2 oaman. He having committed and finfully covered a fin as redas fcarlet (as the Prophet Ifaiab fpeakes Chap. r. i8.) went out ( being drucken withhis Meters fentence )from bio pretencea leper al white aefnow. Fourthly Otherscover their tranfgreflionsby Judifying and maintaining them.What they have done ill they fay is wel done. They are fo farre from denying what they have done, that they applaud it, and will needs cover their finfull aéts by a high pew fwafion of their finleffenefs , yea of their praifes worthineffe. When theLord fayd to 7onab, to angry,pettifh fonab ( Chap. 4; p.) Dorf thou well to be angry for thegourd, He was fo farrefrom laying Lord I amlorry for my pa01on, I confeffe I have a foolish and a frowardheart, which will not acquieffe in thy difpenfati. ono ; I find and feele myproud fpirit troubled becaufe I havenot the honour to have my Prophefies fullfilled and made good; 7o- nab, I fay, was fo farre from anyof thefe acknowledgements that he had done ill in being fopaffionate about the gourd, that he judifieth his paffion with this mod confident affertion,Idoe well to be angry even unto death. Thus he fer up his will again( the will of God, and thought he had realon enough to be angry at what God had done , both in (paring the repenting Citie of 2'inivie, and in fmiting a perifhing gourd. And as there are fome who cover their fins by a reall, though not by an intentional! jer/Effjing of them (they thinke they have done verywell when they have done exceeding ill ; as Cbrid foretells his Lilciples (7ob,'i6. 2,, ) The time cometh tbatwhofoever (illetbJoe will R r r r thinke
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