comfortable walking with God. 2-75 all compofèd of gold, pleafures, p_ffeillons, honours, Dia- dems, andall the glorious and molt detreable treafures un- der the Sunne. Andwho in refpe& of any unconfcionable- neffe, wrongs, in}uflice, or wicked wayes ofgetting, might with fìnceritie of heart, proportionably to their [fates and callings, take up Samuels proretlation : Behold, here I am,e sam., z.3. witneffe againft me before the Lord, and before his Anointed? Whofe (axe have I talzen?or crhofe Aire have I taken ? or whom bave I defrauded ? whom have I opppre f fed?or of whofè handhave I receivedany bribe, to blinde my eyes therewith? and I will re- ftorer, And fìncere thoughts, refolutions, and protetlations to this purpofe, are cleere evidences of unearthly minded- neffe. Bleffed yob clothpregnantly illuf+rare this point: His owne friend chargech himwith inhumanity, covetoufnefTè, andcruelty and thereupon inferreth that Godsaflli&ing hand washeavy upon him : How much more thinke you, would the children of fooles, and children of villaines, viler than the earth, of whom he elfe where complaines, vexe him flande- rou[ly ? Isnot thy wickcdnef fegreat ? faithEliphaz,yob 22.5.&c. and thine iniquities infinite ? For thou haft takten a pledge from thy brotherfor naught, and ftripped the naked of their cloathing, Thou haft not given water to the weary to drinke, and thou haft with-holden bread from the beengry. > Thouhaftlent widower away empty, and the armes of the fetherleffe have beene broken. ,Therefore'nares are round about thee, and fudden fare trou- blab thee. Whereas,indeed and truth,righteous Io was right nobly minded, tender-hearted, charriable, bountifull ; as ap- peares by his confident conteflation to the contrary, lob 3r. i6, &c. If I have withheld the pore from their defire, or have caufed theye of the widow to (pile : or have eaten my morfell my fife alone, and the fatherlef fe bath not eaten thereof : If I bave fern anyperifb fir want of cloathing, or any poore without cove- ring : If his loynes have not bleffed me, and if bee were not war- medwith the fleece of my Sheepe : i fIhave lifi upmy band againft the fatherlef e, when I fair my helpe in the gate, then let my arme fall from my fhoulder-blade, and my arme be broken from the bone. Than
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