A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm

We have an instance and example of it, beyond all exception in Adam. When he knew himself to be a sinner, and it was impossible for him, as we shall show afterwards, to make a discovery of any such thing as forgiveness with God, he laid aside all thoughts of treating with him; the best of his foolish contrivance was for an escape; Gen. 3. 10. I heard thy voice (saith he to God) in the Garden, and was AFRAID, because I was naked; and I HID my self. Nothing but thou shalt dye the death, founded in his ears. In the morning of that day, he was made by the hand of God: a few hours before, he had converse and communion with him, with boldness and peace; why then doth nothing now but FEAR, Flying and HIDING possess him? Adam had sinned, the Promise was not yet given, no Revelation made of forgiveness in God, and what other course, than that vain and foolish one, to fix upon, he knew not. No more can any of his Posterity without this Revelation. What else any of them hath fixed on in this case, hath been no less foolish than his hiding; and in most, more pernicious. When Cain had received his sentence from God, it is said he went out [Greek or Hebrew] from the presence or face of the Lord, Gen. 4. 16. From his providential presence he could never subduct himself: So the Psalmist informs us at large, Psal. 139. 7, 8, 9. The very Heathen knew by the light of nature, that guilt could never drive men out of the reach of God.

We have an instance and example of it, beyond all exception in Adam. When he knew himself to be a sinner, and it was impossible for him, as we shall shew afterwards, to make a discovery of any such thing as forgiveness with God, he laid aside all thoughts of treating with him; the best of his foolish contrivance was for an escape; Gen. 3. 10. I heard thy voyce (saith he to God) in the Garden, and was AFRAID, because I was naked; and I HID my self. Nothing but thou shalt dye the death, founded in his ears. In the morning of that day, he was made by the hand of God: a few hours before, he had converse and communion with him, with boldness and peace; why then doth nothing now but FEAR, Flying and HIDING possess him? Adam had sinned, the Promise was not yet given, no Revelation made of forgiveness in God, and what other course, than that vain and foolish one, to fix upon, he knew not. No more can any of his Posterity without this Revelation. What else any of them hath fixed on in this case, hath been no less foolish than his hiding; and in most, more pernicious. When Cain had received his sentence from God, it is said he went out from the presence or face of the Lord,