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

Again, The word in the original being in the verb,¹ we may translate (as many do) Thou knowest that I have not done wickedly. But the sense is the same, for every man is in doing as he is in being; He that is not wicked in his state cannot act wickedly. So we must understand that of the Apostle John (1 Epist. 3.8.) He that committeth sin is of the devil.

Again, The word in the originall being in the verb,¹ we may translate (as many do) Thou knowest that I have not done wickedly. But the sense is the same, for every man is in doing as he is in being; He that is not wicked in his state cannot act wickedly. So we must understand that of the Apostle John (1 Epist. 3.8.) He that committeth sin is of the devil.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Quod non impiè egerim. Mont.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Quod non impiè egerim. Mont.

Thirdly, To be wicked is ordinarily opposed to our being just; and so, Thou knowest that I am not wicked, is, Thou knowest that I am not condemned or cast at thy bar, for a wicked man. I am not condemned, but justified in thy sight. In which sense the word is used in that prophetic curse against Judas, who betrayed Christ (Psal. 109.7.) When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: so we render it; the Hebrew is elegantly translated thus,¹ When he shall be judged, let him go out wicked; that is, let him go out from before the bar and tribunal of his Judges, a condemned man, or,²