Chap. 3 3. An Expofation upon the Book,of J o B. Verf. 23. 369 J OB. ''Chap. 33. Verf. 23, 24, 35, 36. If there be a mefénger with him, an interpreter, one among a thoufand, to Jbew unto man his upright- Heft Thenhe is graciousunto him, and faith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ran. force. Hisßefb(hall be frefher then a chiller : he fhall re- turn to the dayes ofhisyouth. He'hall pray unto God, and be will befavourable un- to him, and he (hall fee his face with joy r for he will render to man his righteoufnefso THefe words hold forth the third wayby whichGod fpeakes or reveales himfelfe to man and recovers him out of his fin. As if Eau had faid ; When God path brought aman to his Jick. bed, and heyet continueth in his blindnefs, not perceiving either his owneerrour, or the purpofeand intention of god to him ; Ifthen be- fides all this God fo order the matter, that in his ruercifullprovi- dence he provideth for his further infiruElion , and fendsa fpeciall mefao er ( as he Bothme to thee ) an interpreter ( which is a fan gsstarfavour ofGod ) to explain, and expound the meaning of his dealings withhim, and what his owne condition is , to bring him to a truefight and fence ofhisfins and tofet him upright in thefight of god, by the a`lings offaithand repentance ; this foone altereth the cafe, andhereupon God is prefently appeafed towards him. Then he is gracious, and thenmany blefedfruitsand effefls of hisgrace doefol low, and are heaped on him. Here, therefore, we have a very illu- firious in[.lance of Gods loving kindnefs to poore finfull man, recovering and fetching him backe ( when he is as it were halfe dead ) from the gates of death , reftoring himboth as to foule and body, putting him into a perfea (fo farre ason this fidehea- ven it may be calledperfe& ) hate, and giving him indeed what he can reafonably delire of him. In the context of thefe<'foure verfes, Conläder B b b Firfl
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