Chap. 22. An Expofrtion upon the Book of J o B. Verf.s. ping and rebellious heart, they are revoltedandgone. Thewords,as I conceive, have thefe two things in them ; firtt, that the Lord is to be feared who doth fuch things, who Pets bounds to the Sea, &c. Sec( ndly, that the wickedneffe ofmans heart is ad- mirab!e, or rather that we are to be aflorifhed at the wicked - neffe ofmans heart, which is more boyflerous and difobedient, then the ragingwaves of the Sea. The Lord fits bounds to the .waves of the Sea, which waves in their own natureare altogether boundleffe ; liquid waves have no bounds of their own, yet the Lord having put bounds to them, they are kept in bounds ; The find bounds the Sea, fo that though the waves thereof uffe,. they cannot prevaile, though they roare they cannot paffe ever; but this people have revolted, andaregone ; As if he had faid, I the Lord have put a bound to the Sea, I have alto let a bound to the wick- edneffe of mans heart ; what is that ? my Word, my Law. The Law ofGod is a morall bound to flop and keepe in compaffe the ragingwaves ofmans corruprion. God loth not alwav es put an externall bound by fword and judgement to flop men whither they will or no from fin, but he alwayes puts a moral! bound to flop them ; this is fuppofed in the Text, I put a bound to the Sea, to the Sea alto of mans heart, to the wickedneffe that is, there, but this people are revolted and gone, they have broken all mybounds, even tha: perpetual! decreeofmy righteous Law. Now as when theSea breaks its bounds, the watersflow infinite- ly, there is no flopping them ; fowhen the heart ofman breaks bounds, revolts and is gone, he Ganes infinitely, he makes no end of finning. By thefe Scriptures we may underfiand in what fence the iniquities of wicked men may be laid to be infirite ;. though nothing is infinite in a ftri& and proper fence, but God himff!fe. Is not thy wickedneffegreat, and thine iniquity infinite ? But bath yobgiven Eliphaz any juft occafion of this furmife,, that his fin was in this fence infinite? Did he ever obferve ei- ther wickedneffe in general!, or thofe particular wickedneffes_ which he prefently enumerates, taking a pledge, denying re- liefe ofthe poor, ftrippin.g the naked, &c? had he feene any. ofthere.evilis a&ed by lob ? certainly he badnot ; 7ob was a tram 4
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