Chap. 3 5. an Exp'.ition upon tF,e rook, of J o B. Verf e. not at all.Such a negative fcnceChri{I intends in that comparative determination, between the Publican and thePharifee (Luke s 8. 14.) I tell you,this manwent down to his houfe jufiifledrather than the other: That is, the Publicanwent home juftified rather, or righteous rather,or more righteous than the Pharifee; the prci d Pharifee, not being at all }uftified, nor righteous, but in his own eyes. Some Comparatives imply a perfeet Negative to the oppo- tire parry, others only a partial. Such a comparative fence E/iba intimates in fobs affertion of his righteoufnels. 'Thou failf1, my righreoufnc(feismore than Gods Or I am to be juftified rather than God. Izuo foine may fay, where fpake fob this ? where's the Chapter and Ver fe ? did fob, or could job overfhoot hitnfelf to fuch .weight of blaiphemv ? I .anfwer, Firfi, Some indeed charge Elihu deeply, as if hehad feigned all thefe things againfl fob, or formed themup :in his own Imagi- nation, rather than grounded them upon anyof his a{fertions; but we need -not thus wound Elihu, toget a Calve for fobs fore. Therefore Secondly, I anfwer, that although fob had not fpo- ken this infomany words, or fyllabically , yet he had fpoken that fromwhich Elihrr might gather fuch a fence, or of which he might make fuch an interpretation. And therefore he feems to fayat the third verfe, If thou thinkeft this a falfehood, or too hard a charge, and (houldfi deny that thou haji Paid, tllyrighteoufnefs is more than Gods I'le tell thee what thou haft Paid, which bath givenme ground (I -think juR and fufficient ground) for this accufation Thouhaft laid, What advantage will it be unto me ? and what pro. fitPall Ihave, ifI be cleanfedfrommy fin ? And is not this to make thy righteonfne {le more than Gods ? But what righteoufneffe is here meant ? I anfwer, There is a twofold righteoufneffe. Firft,There is the righteotrfne{feof our.perfons, which is either imputed in juflification, ,or imparted in fan tification, (as bath been (hewed uponTome other paffages of Elibu's difcoùrfe with Cab) This is the righteoufneffeof our perlons; as juftified we are righteous, as fanEtified weare alto righteous. Now whenElibu chargeth fob to fay that his righteoulneffe *as more than Gods, we are nor to underhand it as ifhe had faid,his perfonal righteouf- nefs,
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