Chap. 2. An Expofitiox upon the BookofJ OB. var1: 3 235 LafiIy, If we confider it in reference unto job, it was not ahfo- lutely without caufe neither ; for though there was not that caufe in him,whichSatan pretended,namely grofs hypocrifie : yet if the Lord fhould fearch and lift himnarrowly (as ifhe fhould fearch and flit the holieft ofhis fervants, his pure eyes and holy nature could find fin enough in them, which might juflifie him , or Chew ,to his juftice fuflicient caufe (take the fin in it (elf) not only to aflliff them temporally, but to lay his hand upon them forever : ) Should God (I fay) have tryed him through ly`and looked upon fin in it Idf, he might find caufe to athid him in regard of his fin. So then abfolutely,in reference unto job, it was not without caufe ; God might have found caufe in regard of his fin . But there were other caufes in reference unto yob, it was to try job, to exercife Job,it was that yobmight have further honour af- ter the tryal : There might have been a reafon in fin the Lord had marked iniquity ) And therewere many reafons in reference to his good, why the Lord did leave him thus in the hands of Sa- tan to be aftlieed< To wind it up ; Ifwe look upon Satan, then it was without that caufepretended, it was without any dire charge, it w asa meer fufpicion, job had never wronged him. But if we refpea God, it-is not without caufe, God doth all things for weighty reafons. And if we'refpeí} job, God (poffibly, yea cafily) might have found a fin in him (any fin in it felt confidered would do it) as the caufe ofhis aflfi6 ion; and he had other at` ual reafons, in referenceboth to the being and improvement of his graces, why he left him thus in the hands ofSatan. Hence wemay learn, Firfl (in that- God faith; Thom movedjf me againft him to deftroy him rvitj&out caufe) That pure,,or rather impure malice, ftirreth .Satan againft the people of God.Though he alwayes pretends fomèwhat in them, yet the caufe isinhimfelf. God now difcovèrs he Both nothing but out of very malice, pure malice againft his fervants. Satan hath two namesin Scripture, noting his two fpecial works, Temptation, andaccufation.He tollicites good men to dò evil God ; hence he bath his name, the Temper. He follicites God to ekonccive cvii ofgood men ; and hence he hathphis name , the Slanderer or Accufer, a rr.leé`ay Secondly, we may note, cr./ 003- Hh2 Tl,at
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