.3 88 Chap, 3 3. An Expofstion upon the Book, of J o B. Verf.2 3 every thing,efpeciallya fightand fence of his poverty and wants ; yet this is everymans thought ofhimfelfe, till he is (hewed what is iideeZhis uprtghtnefs. Thenaturali mans fpiritislifted up, not toCod nor in t.Jod by faith and repentance , but in himfelfe. Thefoule thus lifted up isnot upright (faith the Prophet , and what faith he next ? ) Bat the jstg f alï live by hí faith. As if he had fayd ; The man that lives byfaith, or theman that believes, andfo lives upon Chriff, is upright andbath an uprightnefswhichwill hold him right , which the uprightnefs of creation did not. Then the whole matter of mans uprightnefs was in himfelfe, and he was to (land uponhis own bottorn,havirng nopromife of fupport.Butnow the maine matter of mansuprightnefs is out of himfelfe, and be- fidec,himfelfe batha promife to be fupported in his uprightnefs. Manby the grace of repentance, turning from fin , and by the grace of faith clofing with the Lord Jefes Chriíl, is fet right in the Court ofheaven, and (hall be preferved (inhis uprightnefs) by the power of. God throughfaith unto,falvation. Againe , Whenman is (hewed his uprightnefs as tohis flare, which is his life of juflification; then he mutt alfobe (hewed his uprightnefsas to his way or courfe of life in fanli ifiesttion, or heli- nefs of converfation. The interpretermuff not only bring man to Chrifl, but mutt tell him how he ought to walke toChrifi. Man being fet right, ought togoo right, or( as 'tisfayd; Pfal: 50.2 3.), re order his converfation aright. Mans uprightnefs in walking and working is an infeparable fruit of his uprightnefs in Being. Thirdly , Thebufinefs of the interpreter, is not only tobring the troubled foul to a true fence offin, toa.cleare fight of Chrifl, and a futabte converfation , but to furniih him with weapons to refift Satans temptations, to thew him how to mannage thefword ofthe,Spirit, and the fhieldoffaith, that he be able to quench all the.fiery darts of the Devitt ; as alfotoanfwer, refolve, and re move the doubts and fcr uples, that may arife in or are uponhis owne confcience, and fo to fettle him in afweet and comforta- ble dpendanceuponChrifl by faithas his uprightnefs and righ- teoufnefs, againft all the feares which at any time affault his peace. But fome may fay , Should not finriers be Chewed their un-uprightnefs pr unrighteopfnefsa rather, then their upright- nefs I an.
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