566 Chap. 40. anE pofition upon the Book of J6 N. Verf. to. thy feif with ma/efly; let us iee what a man thou arc, put thy fell into thy fairefi drefs, and mot} tremendous appearance. There are two things in thiscontext, in whichYob is called to Phewhimfelf like God, if hecould. Fir(I, In the majedy and excellency, in the glory and beauty of his perton(ver.to.) Deck tby Pelf with majefy, &e. Secondly, In the mighty etfeets of his anger and difpleafure, (ver. r r.) Caft abroad the rage of thy wrath, ate., And this the Lord bids him do; Fitt+, More Particularly, In abating theproud. Secondly, More generally,Indeftroying allthe wicked oftheearth. (ver. I z, i 3.) Now in cafe Job could approve himfelf thus pow- erful, and appear like God, either in the maje(ly of his perton, or in the mightinefs of his difpleafure againt+ proud and wicked men, then faith the Lord (ver. 14.) I will confefo unto thee, that thine own right hand can fave thee, that is, I will yield thee the caufe, I will acknowledge that thou, who canfl thus bring down the pride of men in the height of their iniquity, art alfo able to help thy feif out of all thy mifery ; yea, that thou art able to contend with me, who often have done, and Hill can do thefe great things with Cafe, with the turning of my hand,i with a word of my, mouth ; yea, then I will confefs that thouart as I am, that thou art God as I am : But alas poor worm, thou cant+ do none of there things, therefore humble thy fell and be quiet under mine againhand. This feems to be the general fcope of the holy Gho(l in thefe fiveverfes, even yet further to convince Job, that he had not an arm like God, nor could thun- der with avoice like him, forafmuch as he could not put forth fuch nets, nor thew fuch effeets of power as God both had and could put forth and (hew in the face of all the world. Verf. I o. Deck thy feifnow withnoajefty, &cc. Deck, or'ad®rn tbyfel f(the word fignifieth to adorn, to put on ornaments) make as faira thew of thy feif as thou cant+. The Apolile (gal. 6. I 2.) fpeaks offame, who defired to make afair thew in theflefh The Lord bids Job make as fair a thew of him- felf as he could in fle(h ; Deck Thy felf Let thy tnajefly proceed from thy elf. Thus it is with God ; he
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