An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

Notwithstanding all exhortations,¹ and all offers of mercy, yet you have gone quite contrary (saith the Prophet:) Instead of breaking from your iniquities, you have ploughed your iniquities. The meaning is this: You have taken pains to propagate that which is evil, you have taken pains to prepare for wicked things and to do all you can for the propagation of that which is evil, both in your selves and others. That is the ploughing of wickedness.² The ploughing of the wicked is sin, their endeavours, (that is the meaning) their labour it is especially for the furtherance of sin, the very strength of their spirits is let out for the furtherance of their sin; In Job, 4. 8. ³Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness reap the same: to plough it is to endeavour, and labour for iniquity, for so the word that is here translated Plough, ⁴it signifies, to Frame things, to Work things, to Endeavour any thing with all our might; that is the signification of the word. You have set your hearts altogether upon this work, for the furthering of wickedness, in thinking of it, in plodding about it, in stirring of one another, and doing all you can in your endeavours for the furtherance of wickedness.

NOtwithstanding all exhortations,¹ and all offers of mercy, yet you have gone quite contrary (saith the Prophet:) Instead of breaking from your iniquities, you have plowed your iniquities. The meaning is this: You have taken pains to propagate that which is evil, you have taken pains to prepare for wicked things and to do all you can for the propagation of that which is evil, both in your selves and others. That is the plowing of wickedness.² The plowing of the wicked is sin, their endeavors, (that is the meaning) their labor it is especially for the furtherance of sin, the very strength of their spirits is let out for the furtherance of their sin; In