Chap. 34. At Expofition upon the, Book of J o B. Verf. 5. vinehim, that though he was a faitláiull fervant of.God,_and of a very uni#ained converfation amongmen, yet hemuff not thinke himfelfe above the croffe, but quietly and meekly futmit to ir. job fluke fometimes fully to that poynr, He deftreyerh the righte- eus and the wicked, if the fcoargeflay fuddenly, he laugheth at the eryall of theinnocent (,Chap: y. 23.) yet at other times he for- got hitnfelfe, and therefore he was ( }uftly as to hisprefent cafe, and profitably as to the future itfue) remembréd of it by this plaine and home- dealer Elba. fob hath ¡aid Iam righteous, andGod hath taken away myJudgement; As if he had fayd, Once .thoudidfl fay , Goddeftroyeth theper feüand the picked, but rim thou feemefl to fay, thouart greatly wrong'd, and thy Judgement quite taken away, becaufe being a righteous man thou art thus afíiid}ed. Mr Broughton renders, But the Omnipotent keeps backmy right. p,sJudgementis right fullygiven, fo there is butlittle difference between keeping back our right,and taking It away;therefore the To effaufee. word fignifiethnot only to take away,or caufe to decline,to divert re declinare,di- and fubvert, hut to keep back or withholdany thing in any kind, verterefubver- as Mr Broughton tranfiares exprefTely. This is the thing ( faith tar` Ebbu) which job hath faid, Godbath takenaway orkept back;,my judgement. But where did job fay this ? he faid it (Chap. 27, 2.) As the Lord hveth, who bath taken away my fudgement,and.theAlmigh- ty.who bath vexed :my_foute. Bildad charged job with it (Chap: 8. 3.) while he put this queflion tohim, Deth Godpervert Judge- ment ? or the Almighty pervertJxftice ? Implying that job had f.poken words refie&ing upon the Juflice and Judaementof God, in taking away his Judgement.. But you will fay , What is Judgement ? andwhat is it to take away Judgement ? or how is a mans Judgement takcv away ? I anfwer; There isa three -foldnotion ofJudgement in Scrip- ture. Firfi , Judgement is the refulr or iffue ofa mans reafon about any matter or quef3lion propounded to him. God fometimes rakes away mans Judgement in that fenfe, and then hebecomes a foole and unable to judge. 'Tis a dreadful' judgement when God thus takes away tans judgement, and gives him up to a Reprobate ( or 517
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