Chap. 42. a4n Expoftion neon the BookefJo a. Verf.7, dole of all, as his fervent. The Lord laid to Satan in the fird chapter, Haft thou confidered my fervent Job ; and here he con- cludes (after Satan had done his worff to make job quit the.fer- vice of God) in the fame tile, my /crown Job; as if the Lord hadPaid, Job /hall wear my livery (hill, he is my fervent (hill. Several ufeful obfervations iifue from this latter part of the verge, which I (hall briefly hint. Fira, Who were chefe that had not fpokenaright ? they were Wife, grave, and learned men, yea, they were godly men too. Hencenote, Wife, learned, and good men mayerr. They may err in judgment, and in fpeech. jobs friends fpake many truths, but did not apply them truly tojobs cafe. The bell men may not only mils, but midake their mark. They who are in the light, yea, who are light in the Lord, have yet Come dark- nefs in them, and may both do and fpeak from that darknefs (fuch was the cafe of thefe men in the text.) Davidmay be underflood of good men, in a degree, as well as of bad men, when he Paid (Pfa1.62. g.) Men of lowdegree are vanity, andmen of high de- gree are a lie :they are fo, both a&ively and paflively they may be deceived,and they may deceive.hs whenthe Lord of old heark- ened and beard, they (that is, all wicked men) fpake not aright, no man repented of bis wickednefs, faying,what bave I done?(Jer.8.6.) So when the Lord hearkens and hears at this day,they, that°,is, all good men, fpeak not aright in all things, neither of him, nor of what he bath done. Secondly, Confider who it was that God vindicated in this matter ? It was his fervant jeb. Hence note; God will porter or later, one time or other, vindicate the credit of his faithful fervent!. He will (as we fpeak provability) fet the failleupon theright borfe, and make it appear before men agd angels, who have done and fpoken right, yea, whorighted. Let patience under fufferance have its perfe& work, for God will give a perfee judgment of everymans word and work (Pfal. 37'. 6.) Thirdly, 869
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