104 Chap. g. An Expofitionupon the Bookof J OB. Verf. 27. thingsare his,whenhe reads them,hemay let his markupon them, and know them forhisgoods,know them as his own proper goods. Unbelievers are Grangers to the promifes, and the promifes are as . firange to them ; they knownot the promifes, and the promi- fes will not know them : They know not a letter ofScripture for their good. The very promifes are threatnings to them, and the very blefïings of the bookof God, are their curie. As the clouds . pals over this and that peiceof ground, and then diffolve upon a third,by the dire6ing and all- difpoingprovidence ofGod:So the promifes (which are full of bleflings,full ofcomforts,as the clouds . are of (hoovers ) pats over, a wicked mans head, and let not down one dropofmercy or comfort upon him, but leave him like the dryhearth, or barren wildernefr, which feeth not when good cometh, Jer. 17. 6. But when thecloud movesa little farther, and meets with the family or perfonofa godly man, there it diffolves . and powreth out a plentiful rain ( both of temporal and fpi- tual blellings ) to refrefh andconfirm that inheritance of the Lord, Pfal. 68. g. And fo much for this fifth Chapter,wherein,with the fourth,we handledthe firft part of the difpute undertakenagainft job, by Eliphaz,the firft.of his three friends,The whole difcourfe con- filling ofdivers arg uments, to convince and to humble himunder . thehandof God:ofdivers counfels & motives toperfwade and di- re&him to leekuntoGod,and fubmit to his correcting hand: All he was to fpeak, being let in,by a loving preface,and all he fpake, being ratified, with anaffuring conclufion, that all he had fpoken was for his good, ifhe would hear,believe and obey. In the next Chapters we thall hear Job making his defence, fcattering, the charge thus brought againfl him,ftiffely maintaining,and impor- tunately renewing his 11tH complaint., J 0 '
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