ij 5 38 Chap. 40. n ExpoJition upon the Boekof J o B. Verf.8, To difantsl , is tomake void , to fruf}rate, to break a thing, fo as it (hall not (land in any (lead , or be ofany force ; it is ap- pliectlo the breaking of an Oath , to the breakingofa Covenant, and to the difappointment of counfels and purpofes. Read Nam. 3o. 14, i 5. i Kings i 5. t9, fir. 3 3.ao. Pfal. 33. Io,a t. Ifa.8. t o. Thus faith the Lord, Wilt thou difanul, or make void my judgement? k" Ewa; The Septuagint render it as a Negative Command , Do not µë .rd xpi}ut thou repel or refft my fudgement. An ancient Greek Tranflator Pte repeRns ju meum. did= renders ic,as we,byway ofQue(lion,Wbat,wilt thou repel or eppofe Sept. my Tudgement ?The word is applied to great 'innings (Ezra 9. t 3.) s vaoi -p And after all this that is comeupon us, &c. fetingour God bathgi- µé ^rd itfiVa ven aufuch deliverance as this,fhould we againbreakthyCommand,- Numquid meats? &c. But did Ezra think, that after that they fhould no repelles judico. more breaktheCommandements ? Taking a breach ofthe Com- mmeant Syrnach. mandements barely for finning , he could not expreffe it fo ; therefore by breaking the Commandements , he means difanulling the Commandements : What is that 3 'Tis fo to break the Com- mandements, as if we would refcind and repeal them. There is fuch a kind of finning , as if men would not onely fin againfl the Law, but fin the Lawaway, or out of doors, as if men would fin the Bible out of the world: that's the meaning ofthe word there, Ifwe ¡hall againbreakthy Commandements; for it followeth, and jell in affinity with thepeople ofthefeabominations. 'Tisnot break- ing the Commandementsby any fin, but to fin fo as if we would make them all void , and reverfe the ifatutesof heaven. Thus ,Ai et nn mu- the word is ufed by David ( mfal. 119. i i6. ) which Both tahù ¡udicium much . clear the fence of this Text , Lord., it is time fer thee to ooeuma Tare. work ; Why ? for they have made void thy law. ' ris the fanie word here in Tob , They have difanulled thy law. 'Tis high time for God to awake, tobeflir himfelf , and look to men,when they come to this height of finning, tomake void and difanul his Law, by letting up their own luffs. Some would evenena61 their own iufls, and throw down the Law of God. That's the figni- ficancy of the word here ufed ; faith God to job, wilt thou dif- anul my Judgement ? Wilt thou make it void , or break the course of it ? Wilt thou change it , and put' or introduce fomewhatof thineown in'the room and place ofit, asTome gloffe the words ? Ifilt thou dijantsl My
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