Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v12

gt a Chap. 42. An Expofition upon the Book,of B. Veil, 9, dealingwith hi..e.Tint fob. tiow they an:'wered that coal nSA, will appear in the next words. Verf. 9. So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhire, and Zophar the Naamathire, went, and did according as the Lord c mmanded them : the Lord altoaccepted Job. Thisverte holds out the obedience of Erpbaz and hit two friends, to the charge and command which theLord gave them in the eighth verte ; where the Lord laid to thefe three rr,cr, Take to youfever bullocks rindfeven rams ,andgo to my fervent Jab, and offer up for your felve. a burnt éf ering, &c. This Text art- fwereth that command, they went, and did according as the Lord commanded them. Their obedience to the Lords command is defcribed threewayes. Fir (+, by the ipeedieefs of it They went. Secondly, by the exa6lnefs of it ; Theywent, and did according aes ibe Lord commanded them. Thirdly, by the good iffue and fruit of it ; The Lord ac- cepted Job. So Elipbaz theTernanite, and Bildad theSbubite,and Zophar the Naamatbite, went. Thefe were the three perlons whohad todo with lb in that long contea opened in the body of this book;thefe are the perlons againa vvhorn theLords wrath was kindled, becaufe they had not fpoken ofhim the thing that was right, as bis fervant fob ; thefe were the perlons to whom theLord gave command to bin?, their facrifice to Job, and offer it up for themfelves, that reconci;iation might be made ; thefe perlons went, all three went : As all th.-ee were wrapt up inone fault, as all three were in the fame fin, fo theyall three joyned together and agreed in their obedience to the command ofGod, and in repentance for their finand fluid- . nefs. They went, Having received a command to go, they did not tarry and flay to confider whether they should goor flay, they did not put in any demur to the matter, but wont ; which implyetb, 6ríí,( as was

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