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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
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Verse 6. By mercy and truth shall iniquity be purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Verse 6. By mercy and truth shall iniquitie bee purged: and by the feare of the Lord men depart from euill.
BY mercy] That kindness and free love which the Lord beareth to his elect, [and truth] the faithful accomplishment of his promises (and in the same sense are the same words taken in Chap. 14. 8. 22. To them that think on good things shall be mercy and truth) [iniquity shall be purged] as well original guilt as actual transgressions, and all that is amiss in the nature, and hearts, and ways of Gods chosen, shall be remitted and washed away through the blood of Jesus Christ. That this is the meaning of this sentence, it appeareth by the force of the word, that signifieth to make expiation, which properly belonged to Christ to do, though typically the ⟨p. 58⟩Priests of the Law were said to expiate by the sacrifices which they offered. For he (as S. John witnesseth) which is our Advocate with the father, is likewise the propitiation for our 1sins: [and by the fear of the Lord] the knowledge of his will, the reverence of his majesty, and the regard of his favour, [men depart from iniquity] they decline from wicked ways, and do those things which are lawful and good. Yet neither of them are in full perfection, though both of them in sincerity and truth. So that he declareth the causes of justification in the former clause, and the exercise of sanctification in the latter: showing by whom sins are pardoned, in the one; and to whom the assurance thereof pertaineth, in the other.
BY mercy] That kindnesse and free loue which the Lord beareth to his elect, [and truth] the faithfull accomplishment of his promises (and in the same sense are the same words taken in Chap. 14. 8. 22. To them that thinke on good things shall be mercy and truth) [iniquitie shall be purged] as well originall guilt as actuall transgressions, and all that is amisse in the nature, and hearts, and waies of Gods chosen, shall bee remitted and washed away through the blood of Iesus Christ. That this is the meaning of this sentence, it appeareth by the force of the word, that signifieth to make expiation, which properly belonged to Christ to doe, though typically the