546 Chap. 4o. rfln Expofition upon the Book of Jos. Verf. 9, David was much in felf-cenfuring and felt-judging: when he found himfelf envying the profperitycf the wicked, and Paid, he had clenfed his heart to vain,he foon after cenfures himfelffor both (pfal.77.22.) So foolsfht watt Iand ignorant, even as a,beaft before thee. As if God had faid,what a foolish creatuream 1,thus to con- demnGod in his proceedings,& to talk of my owninnocency.Let us not boafl of,but (as Maier Calvin expreffeth it uponthe Text) let us win our ¡purs by condemning our felves : For that is the only way to honour and exalt God. If we would get honour to our (elves , it muff not beby contefting withGod, but by humbling our felves before him there's no obtaining with God, by con tending with him, much lefs by condemning him. Verf. 9. Haft thou an arm like God ? or cant, thou thunder with a voice like him r He Lord at the 6th verfe of this Chapter, entered upona I vehement expoftulation with lob, tohumble him and bring . flown his fpirit ; and that yob might be thorowly humbled, here the Lord in this 9thverfe fheweth what a difpartty there was be tween himfelf and yob, as before inhis righteoufncfs, Wilt thou sondemn me that thou mayft be ri$hteoue ? art thou more righteous than I ? Soherein his power. Verf. 9. Raft thou an arm like Ged ? canft thou thunder with a voice like biro ? As if the Lord had laid, Let me fee what thou can/ do; or whe- ther theft canft do like God, feting thou carrieft thy Pelf fo unlike a man ? That's the (cope and tendency of this gth verfe, as of thofe that went immediately before.. The wholeverfe confifts of two convincingqueflions.The firft, in thofe words, Haft thou anarm likeGod ? The fecond, in thefe, Canft-thee thunder with a voice like him Raft thouan arm. like God.? The arm, properly taken, is a noble and an eminent limb or member of mans body. Nor hach any creature, nor is anycrea- turf
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