So$ Chap. 4o. An Expoftion upon the Bookof J o a, Verf. $ And anfwer in Logick is made three ways. Firfi, Bydenying. Secondly, By granting. Thirdly, By diffinguiThing or limmit- ting thepropofition andmatter propofed. Logicians in Schools anfwer by denying, or by granting, or by diflingui(hing. The diflinguifher grants fomewhat, anddenies the rea. An anfwer in Law, if the matter be criminal, is made by pleading guilty or not guilty to the Inditement. If the matter be civil, to anfwer, is to ,thew our right, to rake off the charge, or defend our title. There is allo an anfweting in Law by fub- mirting, and that two ways. Firfl, By fubmitting to the mercy of the Court. Secondly, To the penalty of the Law. Now, when the Lord faith in the Text, Let him anfwer it ; I conceive we may take it not only in a Logical (enfe,let him anfwer it (if he can) by reafoning,but in a Court Teofe, let him anfwer it by bearing the penalty of his rafhnefs and folly ; aswe fay to one that hath wrong d us, It fhall toff youdear, you fhall an(wer it :. I conceive ( as was Laid) we may underfland it here both ways.Let him that retiresGod anfwer ir, either as a difputant in Schools, or as a defer ant in Courts ofLaw ; and if he cannot anfwer it as a Logician, by givinga reafon for what he teach done, he (hall certainly anfwer it inCourt, by undergoing the 'penal- ty of the Law, for what he hath done. Some tranflate thus, He that argues with or reproves God, ought toanfwer it ; that is, he mull not think it enough to put an a chargeor to give a reproof, but he muff make itgood. He that reproveth a man ought to give a ground of his reproof;howmuch monde that reproveth GodlThe Text concludes itfhould be fo, yea, that k (hall be fo. He that reproveth God let him anfwer it_ Hence note, Foil ; 'Tisdangerous, 'tis at our peril, to find fault with what God doth. He that doth fo, naafi and (hill anfwer it there's noavoid- ingir. There are two forts of reproving which are our duty. Phil, The reproving of other men, when we have an opportu- nity and a call (Levit. 19. 17. Gal. 6. a.) As all they who re- prove God (hall anfwer it; fomany (hall anfwerit, becaufe they have not reproved men. Secondly, It it aduty to reprove our . felves) and a great point of wifdom to fee what is reproveable, an
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