Chap. 6. An Expofttionupon theBookofJ OB. Verf. i. 407 time to man upon the earth ? Are not his dayes like the dayes of an Hireling? &c. Secondly, After all his high ftraines-of conteli with man, we have an abafement ofhimfelf, as unworthy that God fhould take notice ofhim, either by mercies or judgements, in the a 8and 19. verfes. What is man, that thou fhouldf# magnifie him, and that thou fhouldefl v¡f t him every morning ? &c. A godly man will (land ( when he fees caufe) upon his termes withmen,buthe ever falls low before, and hath not a word to replyagainft God. He is fometime angry, when men vilifie him, buthe .ever admires,why God fhould magnifie him. What is man, &c. Thirdly, He concludes his fpcech with anhumble acknowledge ment of his own finfulnefs,and with an earneft reque(1 for the par- don ofhis !in. /arc/ ( faith he) Zhave finned, what (hall I doe un- to thee, 0 thou preferver ofmen, ver. 20. &c. After all this heat and. pailìon, after all thefe complainings, jobs heart lay level be- fore the Lord, yea he abafes himfelf to exalt and give glory to God, with humble confctlion, and earneft fupplication for the pardon ofhis fin. Thus we have thegenerali parts and fubftan.ce of his anfwervto that charge of Eliphaz, in the two former Chap- ters. Ent J OB anfweredandfaid, &c. in thefe words in the three following verfes,jobgives us the refutation or rejec`ïonof that reproofgiven him by Eliphaz;And he refutes it by (hewing the reafon why Eliphaz (as he fuppofed) was fo (harp and bitter in reproving him. And further, he thews caufe why he rejects his counfel or confolation. The reafon upon which he puts offthefe reproofs is this, becaufe Eliphaz had not duly confidered his forrowes, or was not fo fenfible of them, as, a man fhould be, that undertakes a friend in his condition. The fum of his ar gument againft what Eliphazhad fpoken, may, be thus formed He cannot duly reprove or convince another ofimpatience in com- plaining, who bathnotfully weighed thofe calamities, which are the caufe and ground ofthofe complaints. But Eliphaz, thouhaft notfully weighed and confidered my cafe and condition, my troublesandcalamities,which are the groundand caufe ofmy complaints. Therefore thou canft not duly reprove or convince me .of impa- tience Amieat laxar, guod ante ipfum reprebem derent,non ex- ' pendi(/ent fias miferiom.Qoe.
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