Chap. ;6. e/;n Expofsaion upon the Bock of J o B. Verf. 9. 2 25 Secondly, Note ; t fandoth notfee thefalfenefs and faultinefs of his own work, till God /heweth it him, There may be many cracks and flaws inour good works, which we perceive not;we are ready to think and fay, Ales well, we have done very well, until God lets us fee our work in his light, in the light of his Word and Spirit ; and then we fruit fee caufe ro be humbled for thofe works which we were proud of, and fome- times boafted in. The Prophet (Haggai r. sç.) called the Jews ro confider their ways ; they faw their wayes, but they confidered. not their wayes, and therefore they law not the evil and error of their wayes. As we fee manyof the works of God,yet fee not the excellencyor admirable contrivance of them, till himfeif fhew- eth it ; fo we fee many ofour own works, yet we fee not the iinß fulneffe, vanity, and folly that is in them, till God thew it unto us ; he makerhsN fee our worn, as it is. Thirdly, From the circutaraance of time , when it is that the Lord fheweth untoman his work, the falfenefs of his work ; the Text faith, Then he /heweth them their work, that is, when they arebound infetters, and holden in cords of afjfiaion, Hence Note ; The badnefs or, finfuly tfs of our works, is moll eafualdy, andmoll cleerly difcovered to uo in timesof ofliilion; then (hewed; he them their work,; 7ofephs Brethren did a very ill work in felling him intoEgypt, and in puttingoff their Fatherwith a lye ; yet they took little notice of this workfor many years ; but when they were bound in fetters , and hoiden in the cords of affliction , when they came downinto Egypt for Corn, and were in great f?reights, through the policy of their Brother rodifcover them, not cur of any deign to hurt them, Then theyPaidone to another, weare veri- ly guilty concerning our Brother (Gen. 42. a. .) And (verf 22,) Reuben anfwered them, faying, Spoke I not untoyou, fayin5, De net fn againfl the child, andye would not hear ? therefore behold arfo his blood is required : Then their fin appeared to them inbloody colours,then that linfulnefs or their work appealed to them,which they law not before. Aff%tlion is adark condition, yet it brings G g , much
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