Chap. S. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. J OL, Chap. 8. Verf. 16, s7, T8, 19. He is green before the Sun, andhis branchJhooteth forth in his garden. His roots are wrapped about the heap, andfeeth the place ofHones. if' he dejiroy himfrom his place, then it Ball deny hint, Paying, I have notfeen thee. Behold, this is thejoy ofhis way, and out ofthe earth jlaaa others grow. T,g He context of thefe four verges holds forth to us the third fimilitude, by which Bildad Mutilates the condition of an hypocrite. The fimilitude is explained in the 16,17,and IS. verfes,and ap- plied in the 19th. The hypocrite was firft compared to a rufh and afl.ag.Secondly, to a fpiders web. But now to a goodly tree. This third fimilitude grants the hypocrite the belt of his condition, and puts him in the taireft poflure that can be imagined, and yet all proves nought;his root is but rottennefs, and his bloffome (hall go up as theduff ; or his branches fnall be cut down, and his root flubbed up. It is as if Bildad had faid ; Ifyou think,? have fpoken too little and too low, or have debafed the hypocrite more then was meet, by comparing him to apoor ruffs or aflag, and his eft-ate to afpiders web ;then takehim inhis higheft notion,let him be looked upon as agree;íflouri1hing tree before the Sun, fattening his roots,andfpreadingout his branches, yet you(hallfee,at the loft, de({ruelion is his end. Behold, this is the joy of the hypocrite. That's the fumme, and the general fence of the words. Three things are held forth in this fimilitude concerning the hypocrite. Firft, His outward happinefs and flourit`hing eflate in the i 6th verfe, He isgreen before the Sun, andhis branch fhootethforth inhis garden. Secondly,His hurtfülnefs,or the anoyance which he loth to his neighbours and brethren, fhadowed out in the 17.verfe,Flw roots are wrapped about the heap, and hefeeth the place offtones. Thirdly,. Verf. 16. lox
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