011%41. an Expo/ition upon the Book of J o B. , Verf. 17. 737 his word finds no paffage between, till he makes one ; yea,hard- nefs of heart, obliinacy and impenitency are expreffed by this word(Lam. 3. 65.) Give tbem,O Lord (faith he) hardnefs of heart, thy curfe unto them. Give them forrow of heart ; fo our tranflation renders ir. TheHebrew is, Give them afhieldupon their heart. The or is the very fame, which is here tranflatedfaes, the fcales of Leviathan being as fo many fhields, fo ftrong and thick, that nothingcanenter. It is fad, when we have fcales on our eyes. lc was raid of Saul, when in that vifion he was firicken blind, that before he received his fight, fcales fell from his eyes. Ananias being fent to him, faid Pelt 9.17.) Brother Saul, the Lord (even Jefas that appeared unto thee in the wayas thouconeft) bathfens me, that thou mighteft receive thy fight, and befilled with the holy Ghoft ; andimmediately there fell from Isis eyes, as it had been fcales, &c. All men naturally have fca4es on their eyes. It is fad to have a fcale on the eye, any thing that cloth hinder the fight of fpiritual things ; but how fad is it to have fades on the heart alío! To all impenitent perfons, their lufisareas fomany fcales and fhields upon their hearts; and they have fo many fcales upon their hearts, and thofe fuchhard ones, that nothing but an Almighty power can make entrance or impreffion. None are in fo much danger, as they that are fenced and armed with thefe fcales. It isbet+ for man to open anaked breaf+, CO receive every ftroke which the fword of the Spirit, the Word of God, makes uponhim. Bbbbb JOB,
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