194 Chap. 33. An Expefition upon the Boot¿, of J o B. Verf.8. JOB. Chap. 33. Verf. 8, g, Ito, i1. surely thou hall fpoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voyce of thy words, faying, Iam clean without tranfgrejfion, Iam inn®cent, net- ther is there iniquity in me. Behold, he findeth occa fons againfhme , he counteth me for his enemy. Ile putteth my feet in theflocks, he mar/eth. all my paths. Lihu having ended his fweet ingenuous and inlinuatingPre- face, falls roundly to his bufinefs, and begins a very (harp charge. Bitter pills will hardlydown, unlefeguilded over and wrapped in fugar ; nor will any mans ilomáck receive and di- geft them, unleffe well prepared. Elihu was wile enough to confider this ; Heknew well, what he had to fay,and with whom todoe, and therefore layd his bufinefs accordingly. In this charge (to give a briefe of the parts of it ) Elihu tells yob ; firf}, he had heard him fpeak (v: S. )'Secondly, he tells himwhat he bath heardhim fpeak : And that may fall under thefe two heads;Firil, that he had heard him juftifying himfelfe,(v:9.) Ihave heard thee, faying, Iam cleanwithout tranfgresn, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me. Secondly, He °had heard him unduely reflecting uponGod, and that twowayes ; Firf'c, as over- feverely obfervinghim, as it were, togather upmatter a- gainfi him, in the beginningofthe 1 oth verfe, and in the latter end of the 11th. Behold, he findethocca¡ion 4,0;41-me,and mark eth all my paths. That's one refle&.ion, and avery fore one upon God. Secondly, Elihuchargeth him with refle&ing upon God, as over-feverely dealing with him. That we have (v: loth and 11th) He ceunteth me for hie enemy, he putteth my feet in the feckr, &c. Thefe things ( faith Elihu) I have heard thee, fay- ing ; And having fayd all this, . he had indeed fayd enough to make himblame- worthy. Vet f. ao .
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