Chap. 36. efln Expofition upon the 15'fo.k of o Verf. IS. 297 larly as to the dealings of God with thee, O Job, faith Eli/m) therefore, Beware. The word beware, isnot exprefly in the Hebrew text, but it is plainly intended,and fuppliedby lnrerpreters,in general, tomake up and clear the fence'ot this verle. We have a like reading in the 36th of Ifaiah, v, 18. Beware left Hezekiah perfwade you, &c. Theword beware, is a fupplement added there in a dite- rent charafter, to (hew that it is not exprelfed in the Hebrew. As if A,abfkakeh had laid, If Hezekiàhperfwade you to (land outagainti my Mallet Sennacherib, you will provoke his wrath to your utter ruine anddefirta&ion, therefore beware. There, as here, beware, befpeakes our caution ; becaufe there is wrath, take heedwhat you do or fay. Hence note, Firft ; There is a wrath ofClod againflfin, or, God will appear in wrath agaimfi [Inners. TheApofile John in his firfi Epi(tle ( Chap. 4. 8.) tells us in a dire& predication, God is love ; and 'cis as true, God is wrath. Thewrath of God is a divine perfe&ion, it is the perfe&ion of God, as his love is. God is one and the fame, he is not divided into feveral psffione, tertu,bations or afte&ions; but thus the Scripture fpeaks of hìn3,todenote what we may expe& fromhim, and what he is and will be in his auîings towards them who obey him nor. Secondly note The wrath of God appear; and is put forth in his workr of judgment. M the godnefs of God is his love aéóed,or as the good thin_ s WhichGod loth or u are love-a&ions,'fo the evils that are up- onus are wrath- a&i -ns. I do not fay that every evil which we endure in this world ïs the a&irgof wrath upon us, but I fay-, the is wrath in the a&ingcof evil upon us. Moles laid to Aaro , ( Numb 16. 46.) Go quickly, take a CeSfer, (haft ,hall) and make an atonement, there is wrath sore cut. How did he know wrath was gone out ? He tells us in the next words, the plague is Q, q begun ;
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