Chap:" . An Expofition upon the Book, of J O B. Verf. 17. lace. A fire (hall devoure before him, Pfal. so. -3. And then the wicked [hall be filent in derkneji. i_ Sam. 2. 9. The fire of wrath is all hegte, no light. Laftly, all their flanders againft the innocency of the Saints (hall be fo confuted,that theadver(ary (,hall have nothing to fay a- gainfl them, Their innocencplhall be made, as clear. as The light, and their juftice as the noon'day :. YeaGod Will fo order it that theft crafty oppreffours fitall carry a juft;fication ofGod,and of his peo- ple in their own hear,s:heir convi&ion all befo ftrong,and their light fo cleare,that iniquity it felfe (hall not be able to gain-fay, but mutt [top it's mouth for ever. JOB Chap. 5. Verf17,18. Behold happy is the man whom God corrcEtetb, therefore defpife not thou the cha(lningof the Almighty. Fer be maketb fore and bindeth up : be zv.cindeth, and his hands make whole, &c. WE have lu i hed the firfl brancho exhortation,begun ver. / / 8. wherein Eliphaz. movesfob, To leek to God, and un- to God tocommit hiscaufe: with the feverall arguments and rea- Ions, flrengthning that exhortation.At this 17.verfe Eliphax, be- ginsa fecund branch of exhortation, and it is continued to the end of the Chapter. Wehave the exhortation (or dehortation rather, for it is expreflin the negative)in the latter claufe ofthe 17 ver. Defpife not thou the chaftninn of the Almighty. The firft argument by which he quickens Job to receive this counfel, lyes in the former part of the fame verfe, Behold, happy is the man,wbom Godcorretletb : The 'argument may b: framed thus. That condition is not to be defiled, wherein a than is truly happy. Bist,under the correcting band ofGod a man is freely happy. There- fore the condition is not to bedefpifed. Behold ( faith he ) happy is the man, whomGod correct etb, therefore de/pife not thon the chafining of the Almighty. Bebold,bappy is themana To behold, calls here both for attention and admiration : For here is a ftrange fight, Ae al iïted wan, a bleffed man ; Naturall fence 309
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