For this is the scope of their complaint, and the end and aim of their request, that they might be freed from that which they found so bitter, and indeed unsupportable to their souls; and it's of […] implied in their speech; that which in the like case was openly expressed by the Jailer, Acts, 16. 30. He came trembling ⟨p. 609⟩and astonished, saying, what must I do to be saved? not what shall I do to be eased of my distraction, cured of my fears, freed from my shame; but what shall I do to be saved from my sin? he was plagued most with the remembrance of that, prizeth most freedom from it: the venom of his transgression is that which lies heaviest upon his heart; and thence it is, to be safe-guarded from that is of highest esteem in his account. Saved from the guilt of sin, as that which sets the Almighty at a distance from him, and raiseth the controversy between God and the soul, and forceth him to withdraw his favour, and loving kindness, which is better than life, which David felt by woeful experience, and therefore sues with such importunity, Psal. 51. 14. Deliver me from blood guiltiness O God, thou God of my Salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. After the Commission of these evils by David, the Lord threatened the sending of the Sword that might hazard the safety of his person, and the prosperity of such as should succeed him. So Nathan, 2 Sam. 12. 10. The Sword shall never depart from thine House: he threatens to raise up cruel and subtle conspirators out of his own bosom and bowels; as Absalom, out of his own Counsel and Kingdom, as Ahithophel, and Jeroboam, whose plottings and conspiracies should shake the Pillars of the Kingdom, and the peace of his Government; all which were marvellous bitter potions, and heavy expressions of Gods displeasure, but the sting of all those troubles, the venom of all that vengeance issued from his sin, that is the evil in all evils, and therefore he overlooks all the rest, and seeks most earnestly to be rescued from this; Deliver me from blood-guiltiness: it's not the cruelty of the Sword that will destroy, nor the conspiracy of Enemies that desire to undermine my Crown, and Kingdom, and Safety, which I so much fear, nor so much labour to be freed from; but deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God of my Salvation, q. d. that is the deliverance ⟨p. 610⟩I look for, and long for;
For this is the scope of their complaint, and the end and aim of their request, that they might be freed from that which they found so bitter, and indeed unsupportable to their souls; and it's of 〈…〉 implied in their speech; that which in the like case was openly expressed by the Jaylor, Acts, 16. 30. He came trembling ⟨p. 609⟩and astonished, saying, what must I do to be saved? not what shal I do to be eased of my destraction, cured of my fears, freed from my shame; but what shal I do to be saved from my sin? he was plagued most with the remembrance of that, prizeth most freedom from it: the venom of his transgression is that which lies heaviest upon his heart; and thence it is, to be safe-guarded from that is of highest esteem in his account. Saved from the guilt of sin, as that which sets the Almighty at a distance from him, and raiseth the controversie between God and the soul, and forceth him to withdraw his favor, and loving kindness, which is better than life, which David felt by woful experience, and therefore sues with such importunity, Psal. 51. 14. Deliver me from blood guiltiness O God, thou God of my Salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. After the Commission of these evils by David, the Lord threatened the sending of the Sword that might hazard the safety of his person, and the prosperity of such as should succeed him. So Nathan, 2 Sam. 12. 10. The Sword shal never depart from thine House: he threatens to raise up cruel and subtil conspirators out of his own bosom and bowels; as Absalon, out of his own Counsel and Kingdom, as Achitophel, and Jeroboam, whose plottings and conspiracies should shake the Pillars of the Kingdom, and the peace of his Government; all which were marvelous bitter potions, and heavy expressions of Gods displeasure, but the sting of all those troubles, the venom of al that vengeance issued from his sin, that is the evil in all evils, and therefore he overlooks al the rest, and seeks most earnestly to be rescued from this; Deliver me from blood-guiltiness: it's not the cruelty of the Sword that wil destroy, nor the conspiracy of Enemies that desire to undermine my Crown, and Kingdom, and Safety, which I so much fear, nonso much labor to be freed from; but deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God of my Salvation, q. d. that is the deliverance ⟨p. 610⟩I look for, and long for;
