Chap. 5. An Expeftienupon for Book of`jOB. Ver(.IS. owíi flripes : We are healed with the flripes of Chrift merita- rioufly, and we are healed by our own (tripes preparatorily ; the !tripes of Chrift heal us naturally, our own ftripes heal us occa- honally;or his in the ac`#,ours in the event. ( Prov.27.6. ) Faith. full are the wounds of afriend, his wounds are faithful, becaufe tie wounds in faithfulnefs :The healings of many are unfaithful, They heal the hurt of the daughter of my people deceitfully, is the Lords coirplaint by the Prophet; they skin over the wound, but they doe not cure it. Let the righteous finite me, it fhall be a kindnífs ; and let him reprove me, it (hall be an excellent oyle whichfhahnot breakmybead, Pfal. 141. 5. Much more may we fay,Let the righteous Lord fmite me,and ;1 11,4 be a kindnefs to me; let the righteous Lord reprove and corre/I me, it fhall be as an ex- ¿cllent oy/e, which 'hall not break mine head ; it (hall heale my heart : How healing then are his falves, whole very fores are flive ? Secöndly, Take the words in the plain rendering of them, no- tingonly thus much, that God makes lore, and bindeth up : So we have twoditiind as often afcxibed to God in a figure, to let forth judgment and mercy, theatllidions, and deliverances ofhis people, (Hof. 6.2.) Let us returnunto the Lord,for hehath tornee and he will heal ue, he bathfmïetcn,andhe will bind us up,(r Sam, 26.) The Lord killeth andmaketh alive, ( Deut. 23. 29.) See now' that I, even I am be, and there i no Godwith me, l kill, andI make alive, 1 woundand Iheal, Hence oblerve, It is thepropertyofGod, to take care ofall the fickneffes, fores or evils ofhis people, As God is the great correc` or and infiruf er of his people, fo he is the great Phytitian ofhis people;Ifhe wake a wound,he will takecare for the healing of it;He doth not make fores,"and leave others to bind up. Mightymen wound., but they take no care for healing ; they can impoveríb and fpoyle,but.they care not to re -. pair ; they canpull down and root up, let who fo will build and plant, Sbaddai the Almighty God doth both If he break . thy head, come to him, humble thy felt before him, and he will finely give thee a plaiffer, which (hall colt theenothing-but tie asking. And Whereas he cloth not willingly afflia or grieve, he. doth molt willingly comfort and heale the children ofmen, Lam. 3:r 33. He (peaks of itas a pain tohimfelfe to make us= tòre, but to make us found is his delight and picafure. Satan is the Abad- dots,
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