34, Chap: 5. An Expofition upon the Book. of JO B. ÿetf. 17= toconvince,by arguments or difpute,to argúca man down from his error,by the ftrength and clearnefs of reafon or divine autho- rity. So Levir. 19. 19. Thou (haft n;t ffor fin upon thy brother; thou Malt lardy rebuke him, Thou Malt rebuke kim, it is the word here ufed, that is,thou (halt bring filch arguments, as may convince him of his fin, & layhitwickednefs open before him. This, word is applied: cocorrections and afflictions in Scripture becaufe with convìctions,we feelecorrectiorîs frequently joyncd The Lord argues the matter, and (as it were ) difputes with Tomevery long, whoyet will not let indivine truth,nor be perfwa dcd,though they are pctfwaded ? What cloth he?Thenhe fends correction with his redargurion,he cloaths his words with blows, difputes with a rod in his hand, and brings an argument from celing,wheu reafoning prevailes not. In this books of Job Eliba fhewes ir, Chap. 13. 16.19.7-hen he openeth t be ears, of men, and fealetb their inf1rutFion be i, cbajintd alto with pains upon hi,. bed, Henceobferve, Firfl, That alp-Fiore to the children of God at fsreli, are but correEii. eris. Bleled ( or happy. ) it the man whom God correEF,. You will fay,b tt what- is a correction ; And how (in a ftrict fence) diffc renced from jnelgements and punifhments,and whereindoe they gree ?' They agree firfl in theefficient caufe,God layes his hand on man in both. Secondly, They agree in the matter the fame evil, the fame trouble ro one man,is a correction,to.another a judgment. Thirdly,they may agree alto in the degree;A trouble or an af- fliction may fall and lie ashcavy,& be as painful to fence upon a_ d iid of God,as upon the vileff wretch in the world ,-he may be as poor, as friendlcfs, as tick, as forrowful in his outwardma n, as anywicked man; he may lie in the fame dungeon, & be bound with the fame chain, hemay be flail) with the fame fword, burnt at the fame ftake,eaccn up with the fame famin. So that both in the materiality, and likewifc in the gtadualityof ir,it may be the fame on both,,yer, upon one it is a correalon, upon the other, a jrtdgrment. What then is this corrca ion ? And where will the corWfion and the;udgcment path?:
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