i o.8 Chap. q.. An Expofition upooa the Bookof JOB. Ve f r? lion, both in parts, gifts and graces, 'hall he be more pure then his Maker ? Chrilt (as incarnate or made man) is called, the Mighty God, (Ifa. 9. 6.) God made a "Mighty man, or man becoming the MightyGod. TheChaldee calls all Giants, Gibbaraja; and Nim- rod the firft of the Giants, was called by this name, a Mighty hunter before the Lord, Gen. 10.8. So then,let man be never fo excellent, his excellency is bafenefs ; let him be never fo firong, fo wife, fo holy, he is but weak, foolith, filthy, compared with him whomade him. Leave your Enofh; your weakling your poor fick creatures bring forth your Gibers,your betl. the are as no- thing, yea Iefs then nothing before the Lord. Shall mortal man he more jolt thenGod ?'hall man (the belt (f men) be more pure then bis Maker ? We are to marke the double oppofition of the Tcxt. Here is firft, mortal, weak, tick man, fet inoppofition to the thong, the mighty, the all-powerful God. And then in the recoil(' place,the oppofition is between the ftrongef , the bell, the holielt, the wired of men, and the maker of all men. Shall mortal man, or (hallthe heft of men be more juft, more pure then God bis Maker? There is a three fold fenfe, which we may give of the words jóyntly. firft, They are a denial of all companion between God and man.No man may compare himfelf with God.Sball mortal man ? that is, mortal man ought not to be fo bold, and dareing as to venture upon fuch a thing as this, to fiand upon terms of equa- lity withthe mighty, the great, the glorious God, the Maker of all, as the Apoftle refolves in his own cafe. (r Cor.4.4..)Though I knownothing by my felf,yet am I not hereby juftifted atatl,much lets though a man know nothing by himfelf,will this juttifie him in this comparifon, that he isjult, as God is juff. But fecondly,. Shall mortal man be more juli then God ? It is as if he had Paid, God who is infini a in juflice, would never do that which a jute man will not do ; God who is infinite in power, would never do that, which a weak man would not do, fhall weak man be morejuff: then God ? And fo we may form the ar- gument thus q. No man, no judge, is more juff or incorrupt then God, who is the fupream and Lord chief juffice of all men. But there it no ju'fjudge amongff men, who will punifh an innocent man : there- fore God dotto. not punifh any ene. that is innocent. The conk- _
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