234 Ver _3 . 41t xrof#ión ujon the &oókof ,J pg. Chap.2 _,--__..__ 1 Ili i ü¡ r ¡,., Enemies, they are mine enemies without caufe, I was never injurious or unjuft to them. So Satan was lobs Enemy without caufe, lob never gave him occalion : Indeed the holinefs and goodnefs of yob was Satans grief and Satans trouble,; abut for ,any _other trouble.or wrong job never did him ; therefore witbout caufe,' it was in reference unto Satata 2. In reference unto S tan, otboatt carafe, ..that is, thou didit. not alled;e anyfufjtciént caufe, ór charge hirn With anyparticular crime ti, u didit onlj brine in a generalf iofpition against him ; there was not fö much as a common_ fame (as you know it was ,á ,courfe to accufe men upon còrz}moir fame. ) 'So faith God here , it was nothing beet,afufpicion raíjecl out Of .thine own brain (as in- deed thofe commön fames that.wehave h. and of not long fince,up- on whichmany. were accufed, yea condcmn'd, were only fufpicions borne in the brames of thole men. ) So here, Job was charged meerly upon the fuCpicion of Satan ; there was no crime dircdly alledged, nor any evil report in the world againít him ; caufe was not fhewed legally, therefore with ut caufe thou movedit me againft him. 3. In reference unto Satan, without caufe, that is, it now ap- peareth upon the tryal, that thoudidli ,move me againft himwithout caufe; that which thou did(ipretend to be the eaufè, was not found in Job; thou pretetededit l ¿e -asap..hypocrite andfecvedmefor himfelf: now thoufkli thyPelfconfuied,it apj, 'He .ze didferme mefor nought, ;7ncereíy, and not for his own ends. e itpaintedfepulcher, no rot- tenf 1fJíekr. It we confider the words in the fecond place with .,reference muto God, Thou digit move me agçainft filmwithout caufé, then we mull take heed of thinking that _ God, cloth any thing ,without caufe ; No, the wife Godloth every thing in number, weight and m 'cure, he Both every thing upon great reafon, upon the higheft reafon. God will not doe the lowest thing, but upon the height of reafon ; he doth the leaft thing upon greater re fon than. the greateft Politicians in the world do the greateft. Therefore God had reafon, important re fon to give lobup to. be aftkdéd. He did it for the tryal of Job; he did it for the magnifying of his free - grace, and the graces ofhis Spirit in, his weak creature, he did it that Job might be let up as an example ofpatience, he did it to difcover the Hander of the devil ; therefc ;he did it for ftrong reafons,it was not without caufe in reference unto God hinfclf. Laftly,
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