CHAP.). upon the Epiftle of J A M :a s. V•tts.t6. and inflammoetion;ufually the difea(e anfwereth the fin, the dillem– pered. heats oflufl: are punifhed by an in~ammarion:Afa put thePro– phet mthe fiocks, and he himfelf was difeafedin hu feqt, 2 Chron. I 6. 9. wi th the I 2. There were ti(nes when God did more vifibly plaguedifobedtence, as in the times of the Law; whendifpenfations weremore corporall, difeafes were a plrt of Gods coercive difci– pline; however now and thenGod ufeth the like difpenfaticns, fin– ners arem~ cw i th according to the l<ind of their offence)though ma– ny I confefs are left to be taken out by their own rufr,and like chim– neys are let alone fo long foul, till at length they be fired. But ·how ' many Adulterers have we feen going up and down like Walkjng fPittles? How many beafily Epicures, whofe skins have been fee a 591 fire by their own riot and furguedry, &c. . 6. That u the heft cure which isfounded in a pardon: the Apo. Obforvat. 6. file faith, fhallfave the fick_, and.ifhe have committed filu, they .fhall be forgi1Jen him;Ohmy brethren, 'twere ill if any ofus fhould be cured without apardon , if the firipe and wound iliould remain upoo the confcience, when the body is made found and whole; therefore firft fue out your pardon, that's proper Phyfick which worketh upon the Caufe: D~vid faith, Pfal. Ioj. 4· Bl~fs the Lord -r»hrFforgiveth a!lthine iniquities, 'il1ul'healeth "'" 1hy difea~ fes:there is the right method,aftck mans work firfi lyethWithGod, and then with tht Phyjician; Afa went firH to the Phyfician, and · ' .. therefore it fped but ill with him : when God taketh away the di– feafe, and cloth not take away the guilt, 'tis not a delivera1Zte, but areprievt:!l.~rom prefent execution. Verfe 16. ·conftfsyourfaults one to another, andptay ont for afio– ther , that ye maybe healed: the elfcClulf.lfervent prayer .ofarighteom man availeth rmtch. ·· ·Fotthec:ooneclion, many coppies have ~v, confefsy.qurft~fJits therefore , as inferring this diretl:ion fromwhat was faid before; however it be, there is a conneCl:ion between the,verfes, for there– fore~would he have the fpecial fault acknowledged, that theymight themoce effect:ually pray one for another.From whence note: That Ohferi!at. there u a' c'onneEfi'q-a between pardoN andconfejflon; :rhe Apotlle faith' hu fins foall ·be forgive.n him; and then confefs theref~:t {ou~.fault,s.. ~ee the like !n~ther places~ Prgv·;~8~· 13. ~e thfoff;;h
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