Chap. 36. eAn ¿.ipoftran aapon the Book of J o B. Verf. tg. 295 J O B, Chap. 36. Verf. 18, 19 20. 18. Becattfe there is wrath, beware left he take thee array with hisflroke : then a great ranfem can- not deliver thee. 19. Will he efleem thy riches ? no, not gold, nor all the forces of flrength. 20. Defre not the night, when people are cart off in theirplace. jN thefe three verfesElibu preffeth the Application of the for- t mer Do6lrineupon 3ab, by way of admonition andcounfeI; forafinuch as he had done amifs before, and carried himfelf undu- ly under the hand of God, even fo far as to fr+lfilthe cotanfel of the wicked, that therefore he would now,& for the time to come,take heed., and be more wary. And lea fob fbould flight this admonition or counfel, Eliha adds a powerful motive to urge that duty upon him , even the wrath of God ; Beware, Why ? Becaaafe there is wrath ; Beware, and beware lef# (this wrath breaking forth) be take thee awaywith aftrok. And how dreadful the wrath of God is, Eat* thews in thefe three verfes by a threefold Confideration. Firfl, becaufe if we fall into the Lords hand, when he is in wrath, there is no meanes under heaven that can deliver or bring us off. This he afferteih at the latter end of the t e)th verfe, Then agreat ranfwne cannot delitler thee. It is , dangerous coming un-den that wrath, from which a ranfome, efpecially a great ranfome, cannot deliver. What that ranfome is which cannot deliverus is exprefled in the a 9th verfe, Will he effeem thy riches ? no, not gold. A Second motive to beware of this dreadful wrath is this, be- caufe ifonce the wrath ofGod be up, as there is no rarfotn, fo no power in the creature that can deliver. That we have in the lat- terpart ofthe t 9th verfe, or alitkeforces offlrength;íhst igh thou htf} arries,millions of menin armes, yea though thou haft legi- ons
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