An Expojition, with Notes evil, not ama(fering of it : Men dare not lay it to heart, becauft: they know not how to fortifie themfelves againfi it. Faith and true confidence always fuppofeth and prepareth for the ~or.ft,but hopeth the befl; it meeteth the adverfary in open field, and vanquiLheth it. The fool in the Gofpel durH not think ofhis death that night, Lulz. 1 z.t6, 17, &c. This is the bafenc:fs ofcarnal confidence, to pnt off trouble when it canno~ put it tfr4M) ; and however it fcorneth the threatening, it fearerh the Judgmmr,and are fo ill provided to bear it, that they durfl: not fo much as thin/zof it. Verfe 17. Therefore to him thllt /znoweth tod1good, ~~tnd doth it not, to him it isfin. . in this Verfe the Apofile taketh off the prejudice and cavil whereby his Admonition might be Oighted and evaded : They might reply, We have no need to be tt<~.ught fuch aplain le./[on; we k..now that life u foort, and that Gods Providence governeth all things. Do you (faith the Apofile) know all this? then you are the more obliged , to fubjed your defires to his Will and Pleafure, which he proveth by this general Rule. There is nothing difficult in the words bat that [to him it isfin,] 'r~~ dfk~~.~?lr~. ~ .., that is, fin indeed ; there is more of the nutureof fin, there is more of tne effells of fin, which be Lhall find in his own Confcience, and.in Hell ~ormencs, and Gods judiciary Difpenfacions. Like fayings you have elfewhere; fee Joh.9.4 t. and 15. 2 2.. But you will fay then, Are thofe chat fin out of ignorance wholly free from fin? I anfwer,No: For, r. Sins of ignorance are fins, though more remiffible, 1 Tim. r 1.1 3· though not fo highly punifhed, Luk_.x 2.47· Gods Lawwas once imprelfed.upGn our natures, and we are obliged to all that was written upon Adams heart. 2. Affeaed ignorance rendereth us highly culpable, 2 Pet. 3. 5. when men Lhut the windows, and refill the light ; for then theymight know, but would not. Out of this Verfe obferve, Obfer~at. T. 1. Th(-lt ~tis no~ enf u!} to k!eowgood, hut we muft do it a/fo. Gifts in the wind,wi liout achange in the heart, will not fl:ead you. Often we find, thP.t 11 men ofmuch knowledg are apt to be enfiaved by their appetites,the lowet and more bruitiLh faculties; and though theybe orthodox, yet are unmortifted; kefln againfl: errors, but in– aulgent to 'Vices. Oh confider, youfuguld add to~owledg, temperPZnce,
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