Now follow the causes of his fear, which are two. The first is, his own pollution and sinfulness, and the sinfulness of his people: his own he freely confesseth in these words; I am a man of polluted lips: that is, I am a miserable and sinful man, and therefore I fear and tremble to stand in Gods presence: nay, I dare not look upon the Lord, for my sins. But it may be demanded, how could the Prophet say thus truly, for he was a holy man, and justified in Gods presence, by his true faith in the Messiah, and sanctified by repentance: can a man justified and sanctified, say, he is a man polluted? I answer, It is doubtless, he was so, he therefore complaineth here not of any great and enormous sins, which he had committed to the public scandal of the ⟨p. 14⟩Church, but first of the corruption of his nature; which in him as in all men is a very sea of iniquity, & which always appears the more, the nearer a man comes to God and therefore did now most apparently discover it self in the Prophet, when he was in the presence of the Lord himself. Secondly, he complaineth of some actual sins of his life, and it is more likely of some sins of omission, then of Commission: for we find not that the Prophet was ever touched with any great sin, and where we know it not, we are in charity not to imagine it. So that it ts most probable, he complaineth of some smaller faults, or negligences in his Ministry: as not preaching to the people at some time when he ought, or not preaching so willingly, or cheerfully as he should, or desire to lea•e preaching, because the people were stubborn and disobedient, or some impatience in his Ministry, when the people were rebellious and resisted his doctrine, which passion might the rather vex him (as we read it did Jeremiah) the ⟨p. 15⟩Jews were so stubborn and stifnecked a people: or it may be some want of zeal or forwardness, these, or some such were the cause of his fear: And the conscience of ••ese makes him here cry out that he cannot stand in the sight of God. Where we le•r•e, first, what a tender conscience godly Ministers must have above all men: •am•ly, that they must make conscience, […] of the great and gross sins only, but even of the lowest & least sins:
Now follow the causes of his feare, which are two. The first is, his owne pollution and sinfulnesse, and the sinfulnesse of his people: his owne he freely confesseth in these words; I am a man of polluted lippes: that is, I am a miserable and sinfull man, and therefore I feare and tremble to stand in Gods presence: nay, I dare not looke vpon the Lorde, for my sinnes. But it may bee demaunded, how could the Prophet say thus truely, for he was a holy man, and iustified in Gods presence, by his true faith in the Messias, and sanctified by repentance: can a man iustified and sanctified, say, he is a man polluted? I answere, It is doubtlesse, he was so, he therefore complaineth here not of any great and enormous sinnes, which he had committed to the publicke scandoll of the ⟨p. 14⟩Church, but first of the corruption of his nature; which in him as in al mē is a very sea of iniquity, & which alwaies appears the more, the neerer a mā comes to God and therefore did now most apparantly discouer it selfe in the Prophet, when he was in the presence of the Lord himselfe. Secondly, he complaineth of some actuall sinnes of his life, and it is more likely of some sinnes of omission, then of Commission: for we find not that the Prophet was euer touched with any great sinne, and where we know it not, we are in charitie not to imagine it. So that it ts most probable, he complaineth of some smaller faul•s, or negligences in his Ministerie: as not preaching to the people at some time when he ought, or not preaching so willingly, or cheerfully as he should, or desire to lea•e preaching, because the people were stubborne and disobedient, or some impacience in his Ministerie, when the people were reb•llious and resisted his doctrine, which passiō might the rather vexe him (as we read it did Ieremie) the ⟨p. 15⟩Iewes were so stubborne and stifnecked a people: or it may be some want of zeale or forwardnes, these, or some such were the cause of his feare: And the conscience of ••ese makes him here cry out that he canno stand in the sight of God. Where we le•r•e, first, what a tender conscience godly Ministers must haue aboue all men: •am•ly, that they must make conscience, 〈…〉 of the great and grosse sinnes onely, but euen of the lowest & least sinnes:
