Chap. 4. Eln Êxpofrtion upon the Book Of J`O B. Verf `t z- maturiof their lin, and fulfill'd the righteous purpofeofGod,by their unrighteoufnefs.As there Lyons fill their ownbellies,Co they fullfil Gods counfels,l therefore he lctts themalone,that they may do his work, though they little think of it, and lefs intend it. Lafily, Eliphaz fpeaks ofwhat God did frequently, in thofe times of the world,whcrein they lived ; for then God dealt more by outward judgments, then in there Gape! times. As his mer- cies are now more fpiritual, fo nfually are his joedg» tents. J O B, Chap. 4.. Verf. 9, io, t t. Now a thing was focretly brought unto me, andmine ear received a little thereof. In ihoxghtr i v the vitons of the night, when deep(deep falleth onmen, &c. THis part ofthe Chapter,from the twelfth verte unto the end, containeth the third Argument, by which Eliphaz labours to convince and reprove Job of hisimpatient complainings. In the whole context wemay obferve two general parts. a. The Argument it fell by whichhe reproves him. 2. The confirmation of the proofof that Argument. The matter of the Argument; is contained in the feventcenth verve. Shall mortal man be more jolt then God? fhaN a man be more pure then bisMaker ? The Argument may be formed. thus. That man carrieth himfelfrafhly, andfnfully, who ,would teem more juft and pure then God, his Maker. But thou Job carrieft thyPelf as if thou avert more ju, thenGod thy Maker. Therefore than e,arrieft thyfelfvery finfully andrafhly, He confirms this Argument two wayes. gy an Argument taken fromDivine Authority. 2. By an Argument taken fromKeafon. is Argument taken from Divine Authority lies in the former five verfes of this context, (fc. 12, 13, 14, 15, & i6.) I may give it thus. That u to he received as a, truth, which Gadfromheaven imtre_ diately dead to bu f rvannt,, in a 'vifion. loot' Cm. bath declares a-nd revealed this'to me, in a vifion',tbat he
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