An Exp•fttion on the Book of J o B, Verf. u . 519 ----~--~----~ forth the r11ge of tbJ wrath, ifeholel ever1 .~e that u .prouJ, and abafe him : This the Lord bidsJob do , to lhc¥¥ what himfelf ufuallydoth. Hence note, Firll ; The Lml tak;!s jpeci11t n~rie~ of prouJ perfom.• He beholds them, he look.! upon them, As it i~ faid Saul (I Sam; I 8.9.)He 'leaDavid from that daJ fmvarJ,thac is(which was his great fin-) be caH a revengeful envious eye upon him :Thus when the holy God fceth wicked men grow Iotty an~ proud, he eyc:ch and bc:holdeth them from that very day, with an eye E>f jull re" venge,or with a purpofe to break them and be revenged on them. God beholds them, as I may fay, with an evil eye, that is, with an intent to bring evil upon them. He ( faith 'lJ.,viJ, Pfd. r? 8.- 6.) f.:.!;ormh the proud afar off, As it is faid of the Father of the humbled Prodigal in the Parable, ( Luk_e I 5,) When he wAs yet 11 gre11t 'tMJ off, hu father Jaw him,and h11J r;ompajfion, So God quickly fpies out a proud m:n, even a great way off, md hath .indignation againft him; or, as we may rather expound the Pfalm, He knoweth tbt proud afar off; chat is, a proud man !hall never come ncar him, he will net admit him into his prcfcnce, much lefs into his imbraces. To be kDOwc afar off, is to be far from the favourable or refpe&ful knowledge of God ; yea, to thofe t¥hom the Lord knows afar off in rnis world~ he will fay in the next, I never ~new you, depart from me, )1 work_ers of iniqllit) (Mac. 7. 2. 3.) · Secondly, Nore; goJ u 11ble to, ~nJ will c11jl Jowli proud men. That which he woulcj have Job do, he himfelf (a> was faid ) urually doth ; He ueho/Jeth thtproHd,anJ i!ba[eth them, he layerll them low. Nebuch11Jnez:.z.Ar, that proud Monarch, was brought to that confcffion (Dan, 4· 37'•) No~J~/Nebuchadnezzar pr11i[e, · anJhononr,11nd extp/theJ(ingDf HeAven,llllwhofeworkJ are trpu, 11nil huWIIJI juJgment,anathofo tbllt w11lk_ in priJe he u11ble toAba[e. If men wlil be proud and lofty, the Lord both knoweth very well how, and is able very ealily to bring them down. And as he knows how, and is able ro deal YYith proud men, fo he defires)and de– lights to deal with them, above all forts of linners; his great a contcfis are with the proud (!fa.z. 12, q, 14.) TheJRy•f Ee e e 1. the
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