Chap, 4o, AnExpofation'upon tbe BookofJ 0B. Verf.t. ; ¶o7 contend with him about them, make anattempt always in fume of there refpeas, feunetimes in all of them, to inflru&and teach him : Is not their folly manifefl to all men , who are not as foolifh asthemfelvrt ? Shallhe that contended with the Almighty in frsa him ? He that reprovedGod let him anfwer it. This fecond part of the verfe is of near alliance to the former.' Concenr'ing with God, is indeed a reproving of God : Theft two A&s expoundeachother yet moredif't nótly, to reprove fup- pofeth, Firft, The finding of a fault. Secondly, Arebuke given for that fault. There muff be a fault found, elfe we cannot juflly reprove ; and a fault being found we kill:Mo uaa may juffly rebuke the fault. So then, to reprove God implies arfuere, our a finding of a fault with Gods works, and then a kind of rebuk- cum©eodifpa- ing God for that fault ; and if all this be in a reproof, then tore- r rove God for any of is works, is ring work indeed. I p Y a grantthe word rendred r rove may be taken in a milder fence, que inmediuo Hethat aped or pleaded with God ; Our reading hightens the gaud®. Mull fenceof the Hebrew word, or takes it in the highefi feuIe,üe that reproveth God Let himanfwer it. That is ; Fìdl, Let him anfwerthe former queflion, ifvhether he be able to inflrut`t God or no, or ( according to the other reading ) whether he doth not deferve punifhment for contending with God ? Secondly, Let him anfwer it, that is, let him anfwer all thofe queflions propofed in the two former Chapters. AO* God had Paid, Job, thou haft reprovedmy works, yet can(l not anfwer my quef}ions. So Malter Broughton carried) the fente ; Let the re- prover ( faith he ) of the puiffant fpeak. to any one of theft things. Thirdly, Let him anfwer it, that is, let him anfwer for fo do- ing, let him bear hispunifhment. There is a two-fold anfwering; Firfl. A Logical anfwering. Secondly, A Forinfecal anfwering. IX there is ananfwer inSchools, and an anfwer in Courts. T t t a An
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