Chap, 42. an Expofstiontrnon the BookefJo s. Verf. 8. 909 In that yehave not fpokenof me the Bing that,is right. The Lord had told them as much at the feve th vefe, My roratb iskindled againft you, betau fe ye have not fpoken of me the thing that is right. Here the Lord pointeth them to their fin again, and layette his finger afrefh uponthe roar. why dothhe fo ? Take there three reafons why. Probably the Lord repeated there words, Firtl, To thew that he was very fenfibíe of their fin,in (peaking amifsof him, and very angry with them for it. They provoked the Lordmuch, when they meafured him, as it were by them- felves, or by their ownmeet-wand, inhis ways of judgment, and procedure with job ; and therefore they mull hear of is a fecond time, or (as we fay) a, both cars. Secondly, The Lord, relleth them again of ir, that he might fallen the (enfe of their fin more upon them. We veryhardly take the imprefliiol of our follies and failings, we are ready to let the thoughts of themwear off and flip from us ; they abidenor, but glide away as water from a flow:, or from the fwans-back, unlets fixed by renewed tnindings : and for this reafon the Lord repnteth the mention of fin fo often, in the the ears of his peo- ple,by theminiflry of his word, that the evilof it may more fully appear to them, or that they may the more clearly fee, and the better know how bad, how bale, how foolifh a thing it is to fan againll him. Thirdly, I conceive, the Lord repeated thefe words, 'to con- firm the judgawnt which he had givt:n before concerning them rc ard _ inchore words , T e have not fpoken of me the thing that is right. in vtaóoYo ie As it the Lord had faid, that which I laid before, I fay a aio I repetitur,ó do nor change myOpinion, either concerning you or my fervant rodfr- yob s and he efore, I fay it once more (the repeatingof a mat- ,,i1; ter is fcr the confirmation of it as 3ofeph told Pharaohabout the tib. 35 dorb ing or his dream.)'Tehave not fpoken o f nee the thing deg-is c.s. right, L'kemy fervent Job. To :fe words alfo.ar* a repetition, yea, a triplication, and more than fo, this is the fourth time, that the Lord bath call
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