Chap. 3.3. An Expofition upon the Book of J o B. Verf. i o. 221 brefi (.ör numbri, thou numbreff) my feps ; dofl- thou not watch over rnyfns ? As if he had fayd, thou watchei me fo flria1y,.fo narrowly, that I cannot ( in the leafl-) flep awry,- but prefently I am obferved and thàll be flare toheare of it ; Yea, my tranfgref- fon isfealedup in a bag,And thou foweft upmine iniquity ; that is, thou keepeft the memory of my fins,thou doll not paffe them by, but haft them ready by thee.When chaff jofeps wanton miflreffe difappoynted in her luf+, was refolved to feeke an occafion of. revenge,fhe=layd up his garment by her untill her Lord camehome (Gen? 39. 16. ) To lay up the evill deed of another, prefageth ill.to him. And therefore when Elihu heard fob (peaking thus, might he not fay, Job bath fayd, Godfeeketh occafions apingme,. yea, ( which is more )'as it followeth inthe verfe under hand; and counteth me for his enemy. Thefe words having been infifled upon fomewhat largely from other paifages-of this Booke (Chap: L3. 2q, & 19. 1 r. &Chap- 30. 2 i In all which places Job fpake: this complaint fometimes expr-eflély,.. alroayes Equivalently );I fl,all nor here. flay upon the. explication of them, only for as much as Job having, fayd, Than God took hold of (mall occafionsgiven, or fought occafions not . given, is prefently charged further by Eliha, with laying, . Ile. counteth me for his enemy. From this Conne&ion of the former wi;h the latter part of the verfe.. Note. Tofeek,or.tale cafeoccafions again, another, it an argument' that we. Beare no goodwill to him, or, It is a fine we look up- on a.man-as an enemy, when weare apt and-ready to . feeke, or take occafions againïb him; , There are. two things which we are very-ready to dot: towards. thole we beare nogood will unto, or whomwe account our ene mies; Firil , to dim nilh the good which they doe , -to fpeak- lightly. of and under-value their mot . prayfe-worthy. deeds. Ill will never fpake well either ofperfons or a&.ions. Secondly,.: whom we love not as friends,,efpecially whom we hate as ene- mies, we are prone to higlïten their faults, and double their fay- lings'; we (mofily) look on the evill deeds of an enemy in a multiplying, or in amagnifying glafs; we make one fault many, and`
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