Doctr. 1. A penitent soul taking good account of his wickedness and folly, shall evidently and eminently find the righteousness of God in all his work upon us, and the perverseness and subtlety of our inventions to corrupt our selves even from our first Parents to this day. Evidently] for lo or behold saith he. Eminently] for, saith he, this only or chiefly, or eminently, have I found. Inventions] He meaneth no profitable inventions for the good of our selves or others, as Arts, or Manufactors or occupations: but such inventions whereby we seek to start away from God, and to corrupt our selves. As some horses put into a good Pasture, yet will seek round about the sense to find a gap to range out. Thus Moses taught backsliding Israel (Deut. 31.19) to see Gods righteousness, Deut. 32.4. Their own perverseness, Deut. 32.5, 15. Neh. 9.33. Job 33.27, 28. God made Adam righteous at first, Gen. 1, 26, 27. To wit, First, In knowledge, Colos. 3.10. giving him a right understanding of things. Secondly, In holiness and righteousness setting his heart and affections upon their proper objects, Eph. 4.24. Right] First, As suitable to the righteous Law of God which is a straight and right Rule, Psal. 19.8. As setting the inferior parts of the soul and whole man in a right order to the superior; will to the judgement or conscience, affections to the will, Prov. 16.32. outward members to both, Rom. 6.13. all to God, Rom. 6.13. all which are now disordered and perverted, Psal. 125.4, 5. Thirdly, As ⟨p. 162⟩being in a state well pleasing to God, right in Gods sight, 2 Chron, 29.2.
Doctr. 1. A penitent soul taking good account of his wickednesse and folly, shall evidently and eminently finde the righteousnesse of God in all his worke upon us, and the perversnesse and subtilty of our inventions to corrupt our selves even from our first Parents to this day. Evidently] for loe or behold saith he. Eminently] for, saith he, this onely or chiefely, or eminently, have I found. Inventions] He meaneth no profitable inventions for the good of our selves or others, as Arts, or Manufactors or occupations: but such inventions whereby we seek to start away from God, and to corrupt our selves. As some horses put into a good Pastute, yet will seek round about the sense to finde a gap to range out. Thus Moses taught backsliding Israel (Deut. 31.19) to see Gods righteousnesse, Deut. 32.4. Their own perversnesse, Deut. 32.5, 15. Neh. 9.33. Job 33.27, 28. God made Adam righteous at first, Gen. 1, 26, 27. To wit, First, In knowledge, Colos. 3.10. giving him a right understanding of things. Secondly, In holinesse and righteousnesse setting his heart and affections upon their proper objects, Eph. 4.24. Right] First, As sutable to the righteous Law of God which is a straight and right Rule, Psal. 19.8. As setting the inferiour parts of the soul and whole man in a right order to the superiour; will to the judgement or conscience, affections to the will, Prov. 16.32. outward members to both, Rom. 6.13. all to God, Rom. 6.13. all which are now disordered and perverted, Psal. 125.4, 5. Thirdly, As ⟨p. 162⟩
