5 to Chap. 4o. an Fxpofition upantbe Book of J o B. Vert. 3. let me hear what you can fay in favourof your felf,eicher to (hew the equity of what you have faid in reproving me, or any ini- quity inwhat I havedone in affli&ing you ; I give you free leave co (peak for your Pelf. Some infil+ much upon this fenfe, and it mayyield us this note ; god is very gracious in condefcending to man. Heis willing we ( hould anfwer for our felves, and doour heft to clear our feives, whenwe have done our works amifs, or have fpoken amifs of his. J O S, Chap. 40. Verf. 3, 4, 5. 3. Then job anfwered the Lord, andfaid, 4. Behold, i am vile, what fball I anfwer thee ? I will laymy hand upon my mouth. 5. Once have Ifpoken, but i will not anfwer 5 yea twice, but Iwillproceedno further. N the former verfe, the Lord urged p6 to anfwer ; Ike that reproveth God, letbim anfwer it. p6 being thus urged by the Lord to anfwer, gavehis anfwer, and the anfwer which he gave was this ingeneral, That he could not anfwer : Or, we have here, Fit(i, An humble confeffion of his utter inability to anfwer. Secondly, His fettled refolution not to anfwer. His inabili- ty to anfwer, appears at the 4th verfe, Behold, I amvile, what fballIanfwer thee ? Iwilt lay m, band uponmymouth. Hirrefo- lution not to anfwer, or only togive this for in anfwer, That he could not anfwer, is expreffed in the sth verfe ; Once have 1 fpoken, butI will not anfwer ; yea, twice, but Iwill proceed nofur- ther. robs fpirit, it feems, was much applied by the Lords appeam rance to him, and immediate parlee with him ; his underfianding altowas much puzzled, yea, non-plufl; with thofemany and in- tricate °queflions which God had put to him ; and therefore he fubmits, at once acknowledging he had done amifs in his over- free
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