t Chap. 42. Expofition repon the Book of J o a. Verf.. 7. And fo did Godhimfelf (chip. 38. 2. chap. 40. I, 2, 8.)Nor did job in the ilfue fpare, much lets flatter himfelf, as if he had Spokennothing amifs, but humbly confeffed his error and igno- rance in fpeaking (chap. 40.4, S. chap. 42.3, and 6.) wherefore sr abhor my felf,j and repent, &c. even, becaufe in the extremity of my pains, I fpake fo unadvifedly withmy lips. I grant alfa, that job fpake much more rightly, or righreft of 'r God, after God had humbledhim and brought down his fpirit by that dreadful difpenfation out of the whirlwind. Yet, I fay, Job fpake more rightlyof God during his affliction, than e1iphaz and his two friends had done;which, as it may appear by thatbrief account or furvey of their- opinions a little before given, fo L (hall adde fomewhat more towards the making of it yet more apparent. For,Firac,That afiertion laid down (chap. g.22,23.)H defiroyv eth the perfeîb and the wicked, &c. which hach railed fomuch dul,and is judged by fome as a quench-coal to all piety and reli- gion and which occafion'd the Jewifh Writers to fay, that fob fought to turn the charger the bottome upward ; that his mcuth was full of gravel, that he began his fpeech with curling, and con- tinued it with blafphemingt That affertion, I fay, is nomore than Solomon hash given us (Ecclef. 9. r, 2.) All things come alike to all;and there is one event to the righteotu and the wicked. Now job fpake this in his lirfl anfwer to Bilked, which was ahnofl at the beginning of the difpute. Secondly, job fpake altogether right of God, and of his pro- vidence towards himfelf and others all along, while he conflantly maintained, Firl, That he was not affli &ed for any wickednefs committed by him, in the former paffages of his life. Secondly, That outward good is noralways theportionof the good, nor out- ward evil the portion of evil men always in this life. Thirdly, That God is not unrighteous, though he exercife the righteous with grievous troubles all their days, and heap worldly bleflïngs upon the wicked all the daysof this life. Fourthly, That we are not to take meafure of, nor climate the goodneis or badnefs of any mans perfon, by the good or bad days whichpats over his head in this life. Fifthly, That no manshappinefs or unhappineN is to be judged by what befals him in this life. Jib fpake right and righter of God thanEliphaz and his two friends, in all there pt - Sf f f f 2 titulars. Ir`
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