Clap. 7. flnExpofrtion upon thekof J OB. Verf. 20> 6 ; and that is the language ofthis Scripture too, Job 35. 7. If thou be righteous, what giveft thou him or what receiveth he of thine hand? We take noaddition to the happinefs of God by all our helmet's, Job 22. 3. It it any pleafure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or any gain lento him that thou make/} thy wale! perfect ? T hat which it infinite cannot increafe, neither can it be increafed. God is above all gaine and lots, above all acceffcs of pleafure or paine. When the Scripture faith, he is delighted in the fervices of theSaints, and takes pleafure in his people, we mutt un- derhand them in the fame fence,as thole Scriptures,which defcribe him difpleafed with the tins ofmen, angry and grieved,becautè of their provocations. All the motions of Gods delight or grief, pleafednefs or difpleafure, are only expreflions towards the crea- ture, not any impretíions upon himfelf. But I (hall let that fence pats. Secondly, in the negative, take the queflion thus, What Jball f doe unto thee ? Or as the Septuagint reads it, What can I doe unto thee ? That is,l can doe nothing unto thee? Lord 1 have fin- ned, and if thou fcekeft for fatisfafion at myhands, I am able to make none. And fo he fpeaks like a poor, undone broken man,, tohis rich creditour arrefting him for death, which he it unable to pay.Thepoor man fails down at his feet, and faith, Sir, I con- tefs I owe you a greate funime, you have my bonds, I confefs my hand and Peale, but what (hall I doe unto you ? J cannot pay you a penny, I have nothing, I have loft all, I am not worth a groat, what will you have ofme ? This founds fuch a kind ofmel- ting, pitiful language, I have finned, what fhall I dee unto thee . O thoupreferver of men? Lord, when I look into my flock, in- to my treafure & revenues,I Ice I have nothing to fatisfie this debt of fn I have run in, and fund engaged to thy Maleftie for what can I pay thee. And fo the word L doe] lignifies a retribu- tion or recompence,And fo it is ufed in the fecond crfe of this Chap ter, where he that fpeaksof the hireling,waiting for his work,that is, for the reward of recompence ofhis worke, the paiment of his wages. What fall I doe ? is as much, as, what (hall I pay, or what fhall /render ,a This is a duedebt,but Ihave nothing topay, noway of making fatisfat` ion, for all the dammage I have put thy holy Majtfìy to,.bymy fins. Or thus, there may be a thsec-frill negationin the Queftion, whatAß11Idoe unto'boo1. S fff3 yirfs in
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