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

And then the Principal Observation is this;¹ That the sins of Gods People are the greatest sins of all: the sins of the Saints are the greatest sins of all, and they are to mourn more than any.² In Amos, 3. 2. You only have I known of all the families of the earth, therefore will I visit you for your iniquities; ³your sins are greater. And that in Rom. 2. 9. Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doth evil, of the Jew first, and also the Gentile. And we have these two excellent texts in Jer. 18. 13. ⁴Ask ye now among the Heathen, who hath heard such things? the Virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing; that's the aggravation that it is the Virgin of Israel that hath done such a horrible thing. But especially that text in Jer. 32. 30. ⁵For the children of Israel, and the children of Judah have only done evil from their youth. Now Hierom hath such a Note upon this. What, the children of Israel (saith he) and Judah only done evil from their youth? What, hath none done evil but they? he gives this answer, He that hath the knowledge of God and goes from it, he alone sins in the eyes of God, as for unbelievers they sin too but it is as if God saw it not, and as if God minded it not, as he saith in the Acts, that he winks at the days of their ignorance,⁶ but they only sin that have had the knowledge of God. We read of this Philistines that they ventured to ⟨p. 150⟩carry the Ark upon Carts;