344 Chap..3 3. An Expoftion open the Beck f 1 o B. Verf. 13. liev d our report! ( Ifa: 53. z. ) that is, we have fbewed good things to the world, but who bathbelieved us ? The fhetvuájr fpo- ken of by Elihu, is not a bare declaration of the matter to the eare, but an effeauail, and povverfull impreflion of it uponthe heart. Such a fliewingas is fpokenof at the 16th verfe of this Chapter, then he openeth the tares of men ; The Lord fpeakes fo by his meffengers, and interpreters, that he not only makes the eare heare, but the heart too. The,heart heares when we have a fence, and are under the power of what is heard. As before we had a fpirituall interpreter, fo here we have a fpiricuall (hewing, ofhis interpretation. Here's a heavenly meflènger, anda hea- venlynieffage to the earthly man ; To tell the earthly his right= follnefs, faith Mr Broughton. Now, becaufe of the pronoun, [ hss ]hisuprightnefs ; It may be demanded whofe uprightnefs he meanes ? or,what this up- rightnefs is, which the interpreter fheweth. Firfl, Some expound it of Gods uprightnefs, and then the fetife runsthus ; God fendeth an Interpreter tothew unto man his uprightnefs, that is, his own right and juft dealingwith man ; As if Eau had fayd, Godsmeffenger (hall convince this trou- bledman that God'doth not wrong him, how much foever he dothafili&him,or that God is upright and faithful in his dealing with him. This Davidacknowledged (Prat: r 59.7g.) In faith-- failnefs thou haft afflited me ; that's a good fenfe of the words, and very futable to the purpofe of Elihu, whowas about `to con- -vine 3 ob that his complainings were very finfull and uncomely, feeing God neither had nor would, nor, indeed, could doe him any wrong. God is faithful], juif , and right, yea, God is good and mercifull to man, when he corre6s him fore. Mr Broughton gives this interpretation of his own tranflation ; To tell the earth- I) -his rightfallnefr, that is,God his mercy.The uprightnefs of-God gquitatem ii- is that by which he doth righteous things. This uprightnefs of lius. i.e. set, God confls not only in his holinefs, ha his love of that which is gua omtria et ,,00d and in hishatred of. evill, but alfo in hisprefervationof man .nomnatim ip- according tohis word ofpromife. 'Tis the righteoufnefs ofGod, fat laborantes p resit st aubet . i that through the death and nterceflionof his Sop, he fhould fave nos..jun: and heale the believing and repenting lick (inner. Secondly , Andmore clearely ( as I conceive') to the prefent fcopeof thisplace; the Antecedent toEi t,isthefik :man And
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