Chap. 6. An Expofïtion upon theBookpfJ O B. V'crf, r: 405 Oihtlotte00.0000$0*6114 0114100.114:00..6... $aT100.eit 01ctele.aTe ask 1Cie° 0 001341 k4e 0 e..vk..ck.ák+ß *$ a e4cle a * a 44 eW°loiter eke le.ilfokteile........ J O B, Chap. 6. Verf. s, 2, 3. But J O Banfwered,and[aid, that mygriefe were through1 weighed,andmy calamity laid in the ballancel together. For roan it would be heavier than thefandof thefea,there-- fore my words arefwallowed up, &e. His fixth Chapter begins yobs replication,which is con- tinued to the end of the feventh. He replies exafily to the feveral parrs of the charge,given by Elipbaz, who in the two foregoing Chapters, undertookboth to re- prove the impatienceof job, and advife him to a more holy and better temper d carriage, towards God, under his afllidions. In. this reply, job fhapes and formesup antwers unto both. I (hall endeavour to give you a breifofthe whole, and then to parti- culars. Firfl, job enters with a refutation ofthole reproofes of impati- ence,which Eliphaz had heap't upon him;andwith thatfubjoyns a refufal of the counfels (in his fence) which he had given him. In this work, (even verles of the Chapterare (pent. Secondly,We have a renovation or a re- inforcement ofhis grief and defire to die, from the S to the end ofthe 53-verfe, O that I might have my requeft; that Godmouldcut me off &c. As ifhe had laid, I am fo far, from being fatisfied,with what thou haft fpoken againflme,or from recanting and recalling, what I have fpoken,in tholemy breathings after death, that I will be bold to make the fame fuit to God againe, 0 that I might have my requeft, and that Godwould cut me o ff i &c. Thirdly, He proceeds to a charge of rafh cenfure,ofuncharita- ble, yea ofdeceitful dealing upon hisfriends, from the i 3 unto the 24.verfe, To him that it afflilled ( faith he ) pity fhould be(hewedfrom hisfriend; my brethren have dealt deceitfully, as a brooke, &c. Fourthly, He yet fubmits hitnfeif to their judgement and dire- tion
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