Chap, 3 3, An Expofition upon the Book, of J ó B. Verf. 27. 445 pall turne himfelfe towards man , and fay, &c. That is, ;lie (hall Fruflum aliunt preach Gods grace to fulfill' man, andpropofe himfelfelanexam- ple domini i of ir, magnifying the grace of God to hire, and acknowledg AT; fubjun= ing his ownevilenefs. Theywho infifi upon this expofition rendergit, quad illeli- the 28thverle, as the continued fpeech ofthe rickman, making it berorur, et cia- out to this effe&,lhave finned andperverted that whichwas right, parr fuam co- yet he hath delivered, or will deliver my Joule fromgoing into the ntbsas aguo; pit, andmylife fhallfee the :light. cetetdeimife- It mutt be granted,that tolookupon or behold man,is inScrip- recordiam infe' cure, a defcriptive periphrafis or circumlocution,expreifingaman con tebitur ut recovered from _fume dangerous &deadly fickneis.And therefore altosad[ficer, when Hezek;ab thought his Gcknefs was to death, and his cafe&c' 2 rc. defperate He thus bemoaned himfelfe ( Ifa: 38.1a. )1fhall not fee the Lord, even the Lord in the land ofthe living; I(hall behold. man no more with the inhabitants of the world. But, faith Elc`hià, the fickman being.perfe&ly recovered, talkes with and looks up- on men;And the fiatdifcourfe he iffueth, isa confelfion of repen- tance for his iniquity ; Ihavefinned, I.have perverted that which wasright ,andit profitethnot : And his next is a confeffìonofpraife for his recovery ; Ile bathdelivered,or Iam affured hewill deliver my foulefromgoing dome to the pit, andmy life(hall fee the light. This is a profitable expofition; and much inf fled upon by fotne very learned interpreters, and therefore I (hall make a little im- provement of it by this briefe obfervation. It is oar duty, being recovered fromfchnefs, to confèf a,dmall knowne thegoodrefs ofGod and our finfulnefs to thofe that arc about au. There isa three-foldconfefl on ; Firff,of faith, that we believe what God bath revealed and promifed to doe for us. Secondly, of prayfe,that we thankfully acknowledge what God bath done for us according tohis promife. Thirdly, of repentance, that we are heartily forrowfull for and bewayle,what we have doneagain(( the command of God. We1houid be alliamed to finbefore men, but fetus not be afhamed to confefle our finfullnefs, and (in Come cafes) our fpeciall fins before men. Though we neither impofe nor extort particular confe(iìons from men (as the Papif'ts doe ) yet it is good for menwho have been under the afflitiing hand of God, and have had &rat experience of his mercy in railing them up,
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