6 2o Chap. ^4. An Expofition upon the m m m J ©5. Verf.18. JOB. Chap. 34. Verf. i8, 19. ■' Is i t f i t to fay to a King,thou art wicked,and to Princes3ye are ungodly f. Howmuch left lo him that accepteth not the Perfons o f Princes, nor regardeth the rich more then the poor ? fo r they are all the work, o f his hands. SHefe two verfesare both an Illuftration and a Confirmation or proof of what Elihu fpake lafl in the dofe of the 17th verfe,' wilt than condemn him that is moil juft ? Hereupon he . infers , ' ' >• Verf. 18. h it fit tofay-teaKing, thouart wicked i Thofewords,fo it fit;arenotliterally andrexprefly inthehebrew; S and therefore feme conned thefe twoverfesimmediatelywith the former; wilt thou condemnhimthat is mjft juft ? Whofaith „ .to aKing, Othouwicked'} and to Princes, O ye Ungodly*? .-That WfflBm J f is, who is fojuft, that he fparesnot to tell the greatest Kings and vrnt VttJs Princes of their wiekednefs and ungodlinefs ? Or astheVulgar impios&c. Tranflation hath it, whofaith toa King, Othou Apofiate ? I tell Vulg. ' thee, Thou art fallen fromthat Juftice and Righteoufhefs which miicmem ||M HiHft once exercife in thy-Government. It isfaidofNero,ho. gua>n,o’impro-hadhisfiveyearswhereinhe govern’d excellently, but afterward foingenm, heprovedApofiate, cruelly tyrannizingoyer (inftead of rulingj toniemnares 1 bispeople ; as there areApoftates inSpirituals, f©inCivils; an jun. m m ofiateis an hypocrite,revealed, anhypocrite is anapofiate vail’d.» §§”f sem>mGod unvails hypocrites of all forts, .andwill not fail fooner or later to reprove their Apoftacy. It is better nop, tobegood, thennet ta continuegood.; Backfliders are worfe then theywhonever fet one ftep in the wayes of God andgoodnefs.' ■. I/" So then, according to this reading, the fence maybe given out thus: As ifElihuhad faid,. Hon canft thou (Ojeb\)pojfibly imagine that Godfhould beunjuft, when hedoth notforbear to tell the createft Kings oftheir injufiice,andconvincethemofi t;hewho callethdegenerateKingsApoftates,andunjuft Princeswicked • he that is thusimpartialinreckoningwith Kings,andthemightymenof,
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