is a Chap. 34. An Exp?ft;on upon the Ba&of J o B. Vert, z. J 0B. Chap. 34. Verf. 5, 6, 7, g, 9. Ecir job bath faid, I ana righteons e and God h.tth taken away my judgement. sSdiould I lie again my right ? my wound is incu- rable without tranfgrePion. What ratan is like job, who dr.i eta up j'corning water ? whichgoeth in company with the workers-9f inigti- ty, and wa!leth with wicked men. For he hai,hfaid, rtprojteth a man nothing, that _he ,.;ßtould delight,hirfelfé.with God. lle Preface hath beendifpatcht;'ihe context of ihefe five verfes containes the whole charge,'.oc bill of complaint, drawn up by Elihu againfl job,. confilting of many particulars. This charge is double ;. The 'fin i part whereof is contained in the 5th and 6th verfes ; the fecopd in the 7th gth and 9th verfes. In the firti charge he ailedgeth foure things againfi ob ; two in the 5thverfe, and two in the 6th ; The two things alledged againll bim in the *5 thverfe are. Firft , That 3-ob infifled toomuch upon his owne righteouf nefs, oh hathfaid, I am righteous. Secondly , That he refledled too boldly upon the righteoul- nefs of God, yea that upon the matter, he had accufedGod of unrighteoufnefs, or injuflice, Gad hatIP taken away my 3-udge- ment, '.Vert. ;. Forjob bathfaid, I am righteoua, That's the firfi charge, lob bathfaid; Elihu gathers up, and colleets thole pall-ages of jar complaint, which-he found moll faulty,and layeth them (as we fay) iç his dilh ; yob bath faid; we maywell remember, and he canno_deny it,for he hath faid ir, not,once only, but often, not lit htly;but ferioufly and allertingly, I am jufl, or righteous ; t hat is, Ihavefufftciently fhcwed ,ny inno- cency, and the equity ofmy carafe,but Iam not permitted to declare and
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