926 Chap. 42. ,4n Expoßtion upon As Book of J os. Verf. g. the kindneffes of God are comprehended in this one word, Ac. ceptation. Fourthly, The Lord accepted yob. Here is nomention at all of accepting his facrifice, yet that was accepted coo. Hence note; The Lord havingrefpe t to our perfons, cannot but have refpeff to our fervices. If our perfons are accepted, our fervices are ; and if the fer- vices of any arenot refpe&td, it is becauïe their perlons are not. 'risPaid (Gen. 4. 4ç.) The Lord had refpeff unto Abel, and to his of fering ; but unto Cain andhis offering, he had no refpcEt. Re- fpeet or no refpe6 towhat is done, alp/ayes begins with the per fon of the doer. Yet further, job was accepted; but upon what account ? or how was fob accepted ? not in himfelf, nor for himfelf, but in Chria the promifed Was. Hence note, Fifthly ; That any mans .perfon is accepted, isfrom free grace, through jefess Chriff. When we havedone all, we deferve nothing, we are only ac- cepted. TheLord accepted job,not for his own fake, not for the worth of his fervice, not for the worthinefs of his perfon, but for him whom he in that a&ion reprefented, and in whom he be- lieved, Jefus Chrift. job himfelf neededChria for his accepta- tion ; 'cis in and through him that anyare accepted. The word Acceptance plainly implieth, that there is nothing of merit in us ; acceptation notes graceand favonr. This refpeet to us, is not for any defert inus. from the whole, we may infer, Firfi, If the Lord acceptedJob when he offered facrifrce, and prayedfor his friends; h >w muchmere doth heaccept ye. flat Uri, whooffered himfelfafacri eforfinnert, and e- ver liwtb to make intercelion for them, whole facrif+ce he is Did the Lord prefently accept 2band his friends, or job for `ttia friends ? chen what confidence may we have, that jefusChrif}, who
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