Verf. 2. ,} t o Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Booli,of J O B. _.---- _ bound in duty to Band up for himfelf, then for another, by how much he is nearer to himfelf, then to others. Secondly, It is our duty to anfwer in refpeEt ofothers ; ( ande that job might have an eye unto ) namely to fatisfie thole; who are fcandalized by what we have either doneor fpoken :Suppofe, it be not a fcandal given, fuppofe, it be only a fcandai taken, as this of jobwas:jobdid nothing purpofely to fcandalize them,nor any thing, which upon a due confideration,was a fcandal, but his friends had taken fcandal at what he fpake,his impatient complai- nings:therefore he was bound induty to fttisfie them,and to thew n'onarefoondcar, further grounds, wherefore he fo complained. Silence when we tout criminis are charged,eitbermakes afull convil ion, orfirengthens fufpition; 'çenvillarr, aut And in this cafe,iffobhad held hispeace,he had either yeelded the cerrèfijpeflus caufe,&confefs'd himfelf guilty,or at Icafi his friends thould have videarur. had caufe to goe higher in their jealoulïes of his fincerity. To Pined- right our felve r it not a point of indifferency, but of dutie. Selfe-love is the rule ofour love toothers. I-le whe negleí'is bis own wronged ho- nour, will not be very careful( whichyet he ought) of his neigh - bours. O that mygriefe were througbly weighed 1 Griefe may confidered two wayes, either pavely or A- c`Iively. Grief taken Pagively is the thing which we fuffer, or, which is grievous tous ; affliáion it felfe is called griefe. Take grief Actively, and then it is the forrow we exprefs, under the ' 'VJ preffures ofgrievous aliiiêtions. The word in the Hebrew is trail-- in o lo:o, ira slated loinetimes anger, fometimes ind; nation,fometimes wrath. ell querimonia It is the fame which Eliphaz ufeth, Chap. 5. y. 2; where he faith, va1lerracundia Wrath killeih the foolifh man ;Eliphaz beganhis fpeech with that vel mol,Jlia, word hinting at job, as ifhis wrath and impatience towards God rlunn ex mo,bi had difcovered him fora foole. or a wickedone:Now job retur- `e rtiferM virare coneipi- ning anfwer, begins with the ftrl1 word of Eliphaz his fpeech; As ebar. Mac. ifhe had laid, Tot told me that wrath kils the foo'lifh man, but O I"totar d;torem that my anger, or the wrathwhich you conceive to be in me, that gxcreadveDart griefe whichI have expreffed, werefullyweighed, you would quickly. difrticenri. fee, that it is not the anger or wrath ofafoole,you would find rea- oc. fon for mypa f on, and that, not the want ofrcifdome, but the plenty or weight ofmygriefhuh wrought out there complaints. There- fore my delire is, 0 that my griefe, O that my forrows powred forth in my former lamentation were throughlyweighed iyouhave bo t
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