126 Chap. 40. a 4n Expofition upon the Book of J o B. Verf. 5, would fin no more. How wicked and bent to back- fliding were thofe Jews, towhom the Lord Paid by his Prophet (Ifa. 1. 5.) why fhouldye befiricken any more ? ye will revolt more and mire. Thewill of a wicked man is wholly for fn : the will of a godly man (as fuch) is wholly againft fin ; fo that when he finned), he may be faid to fin againft his own will, as well as againft the will of God ; and therefore, being convinced that he bath finned, though but in paffion or by impatientwords(as jobs cafe was) he gives his honeft word for it (as job here did) that he will proceed nofarther. In thofe three verfes, fob bath Chewed his repentance for his unwary fpeeches and exceffes in language ; he hath confefied his own vilenefs, and fitsdown as Calenced by God, yea, as hr. poling filence upon himfelf.Thus he is gor a goodway in the wo: k of humiliation; yet he was not come quite through, he had not yet made fuch aconfeflion of his fin, nor was his heart fo hum- bled as it ought to be, before God would raifc him up ; and therefore in the followingpart of thisChapter, and in the nexr, God fets upon him again, and fpeaks to him a fecond time out of the whirlwind. The Lord had begun to humble him, and job had begun to humble himfelf, yet the Lord deals further with him tohumble himmore, and fpeaks to him again out of the whirl- wind : What again out of the whirlwind ? Yes; Then anfwered the Lord unto Job out of thewhirlwind, andfail, &c. And not only fo, but after the Lord had put many quellionsto him, about himfelf, as beforeabout feveral creatures, he had a re- ferveof two creatures more to queflion with him about, that would more aftonifh'him than all the tell, Behemoth and Levia- than. Thus we fee, whenonce the Lord begins to humble a foul, he will make through work of ir, and never give it over, till he hath brought him to the dull indeed. job was fo far humbled, that he had no more to fay untoGod ;but God had much more to fay unto Job, and all for this end, that he might humble himmore, as will appear in opening that which followed.). J DY
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