Chap. 7. An £xpoftion upon the Book of' ] QB. Verf. 21. 7°S contended with him ;but in the progrefs of this trialhe finds God againfl ,him , withdrawing comforts from , and (hooting ter-) tours at hin now he is a burthen to himfelf, he can bear; this no longer.As Cefor Paid in the Scnate(whenhe had many wounds given him,yet this wounded him moil, that he was wounded by the hand of his fon ) What thou my fan ? So when a Believer looks. this way and that way, and fees many enemies , Satan and the Crcatur s , all in arms againit him ; he can bearall their charges and afha,uhs, but if he apprehend God oppofing and w'oiinding him , he weeps out this mournful complaint , What thou my Father ? What thou my God ? Thou who haft fo often fhined up- on me, doff thou darken thy face towards me, and appear mine enemy ! There apprehenfiens of God, will make the flrongeff Saint on earth, a burthen too heavy for himfelf to bear. That which caufeth the moll burthcnfom thoughts in the Saints,is the inevidence of their pardomSin tnpardon'd is in it felf a burden and our not knowing fin to be pardon'd, is a greater bur.ien : but our jealoufies and fears,that it is notpardon'd, is the grc ateft bur- denofall,and that which adds weight,yea an intollerabienefs to all other burdens.Hcnce job in the next verfe , and with tlhe laff breathof his anfwer, points direílly at that which pincht hire. Verfe 21:' Andwhy doh thou not pardon my tran(grebcon, and take away mine inryuity ? For now float! Iflap in the ¿alb, and thou (halt (eekme en the morning, but I (hallnot be. in theformer verre we found foh humblyconfeffirg his fin,and earnefily enquiring of theLord a rea fon of his forrows, why he had (hot him fo full of arrows, that now he was not fo much wounded as loaded, And become a burthen tohimfelf. In this verfe heCues for thepardonof thofe fins, and fo for the removal of thofe forrows. That the bowmight fpecdily be ur.- bended, and not a f aot more made at hi~s bleeding breafl. In the antwerof which fuite, he deires (peed and expedition, left help being retarded, come too late : for he profdfleth that he cannot hold out his liege long , he muff needs makehis bed in thegrave', and thenbeing fought for, he &all not be found: And why deft thou notpardon onyy trap snr Wemay confider the words twoOyes,. i. ftà 8
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