Chap.4 . an Expofition :span the Book of J o B. Verf. c e. 929 mind the Reader of another tranflation. The word which we Probarem f of- render Captivity, is by fome rendredRepentance; andthere is a fa ,rolivr i twofold interpretation of that rendria ubt nuney"11 g P b ham i iaìU1?'1 Pit(, Some refer it to God, and read the words thus, The Lord eonverfio mu turned to repentance concerningjob : And then themeaning is, nitentia. Druf. the Lord repented or changed' his difpenfarion with retie& to Dosiinos quog9 the áfflì &ionoffob, when heprayed for his friends. The Scrip Q pæniten a curefpeaks of the Lords repentance two wayes. job. Vulg Fir(l, that he repenteth of the good which be bath done for, orbeflowed uponman ( Gen. 6 6.) It repented the Lord that he hadmademan; he Teemed as one troubled in his tn±nd, that ever he hadlet up man in fucha condition. And as there th° Lord re- pentedof his making mankind in general in that good naturalfiate, fo elfewhere he is laid to repent of his "doing good to Tome men in particular, as to their civil mate (r Sam. a ç. a a.) The Lord repented that he badmadeSaul King, that he had let him upon a Throne to rite men on earth, who had no better obeyed the. Rule givenfromhis own Throne in heaven. Secondly, The Lord is Paid to repent of the evil which he hack either a &ually broughtupon mane or threatned to bringup- on him. In the former fenfe Mofes faith ( Dent. 32. 36.) The Lord [hall judgebis people and repent himfelffor hisfervanss, when be teeth that their power isgone, and there is none flout upALleft ; that is, when they are in an aif!i.&ed low condition, the Loll. tak- eth the opportunityor feafon .o reflote them, and then he is laid to repent concerning any affli &ive evil brought upon his peel- ple. In the latter fenfe (as he is laid to repent of the evil threat- ned ) it is laid of fepentingNniveh (f onah 3. lo.) The Lord repentedofthe evil that he had faid that be would do unto them, and bedid it not. Thus the Lord i turned to repentance with refpe& to evil, either brought or threatned ro be brought upon apeople; for which we have that remarkable promife (fer. 18. 7, 8. ) at what inflant I(hall fpeak concerning a Nation and concerning a Kingdome, to pluckup, and topull dawn, and reidefiroy it ; ifthat Nationagainff whom Ihave pronounced, turn from their evil, "I mill repent ofthe evil I thought to dounto them, if they turn, I will Mfr. Anotherword is uled in theHebrew there,but it imports the fame thing. Repentance in God is not anychangeof his Will, Counfel, or Purpofe;it onlynotes a change in hisprovidencesand difpenfa- Cccccc Lions.
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