Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the. Book of J o B. Verf. 8: 14r let usall haveone purfe. cl2y fen, wall(not thou in the way with them, refraine thy foot from their path ; that is,- doe not hearken to the call ofchof workers ofiniquity. Here in the Text togoe in company with the workers ofiniquity, and towalke with wick- ed men, notes only the doing or fpeaking that which carryeth force lakenefle to them, not a being altogether like them. Amart is laid to goe andwalke with others, when he fpeaksor Both that which feemes'to -fuite and favour their principles, opinions or practices, though, in truth they are the abhorrence of his foul. El,hu>durft not, could not affert directlyand properlythat fob, who was a manfamous for piety in the dayes of his profperity,and who inhis aíHietion had not the leaft degree of ability or oppor tunity for ir, walked wirhwickedmen But becaufe in the An guilla of his foul he fpake fomerimes intemperately of the dealings of God ( which is the guile, fpiri,, and common language,in firch cafes, ofwicked and ungodly men ) therefore he chargeth him as fymbolizingor complying with men of wickednefle. So that,When° Elibu faith, `hegoeth with wicked men, he doth not acculehim for keeping bad company in his profperity ; but with fpeaking hard-- lyofGod in his adverfity, as ungodly men ufe to doe, when they . are under his hand. He doth not fay,you upon fuch and fuch a day kept evill company and converfed`with men of wickedneife ; but you have fpoken much like the wicked in the dayof your calamity. That this was his fcope eppearesplainly by the- proofe of-this charge, which is alfa a new charge (verf. 9.) For hepath faid,it profiteth aman nothing that hefhould delight himfelf withGod. E- lthu doth not fay, fob walketh with wicked men, for we have feen' him in theircompany, and he hath been as vaine andwicked as they. But his proofe that fob walked with the wicked Was from his words ; For he bath (aidit profiteth a mannothing, 8tc. This is the language of thewicked, thus they ufe to fpeak aboutthe wayes of God ; andfob hath fpoken thus ; therefore, what MOM is likeJob that drinketh 'corning. like water, iwhichgoeth in.com.- puny va;ith the workers of inequity, and walketh withwickedmen. Ineed notftayhere to Phewhow-great an evill it is tokeepe evill company, forthat was not the fin which fob was' accu fedof. Yet from the letter of the Text,, N4ce.
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