Chap.8. An Expofation upon the Bookof I 'G B. Verf.2. 3 ofantiquity, yea the withering rufh, theOiders-web, the luxuriant roots andbranches ofa tree , may all be thy Maffers andinjtru6tours to teach thee this truth, That God is just. The fourth and laft part of the Chapter, fets forth the favour ofGod, to thofe whoare faithful and fincere for having main- tained the juflice of God, and (hewed how terriblehe will be to hypocrites whodeal falfly with him ; he now mitigates and molli- fies his difcourfe, by proclaiming the goodnefs of God to (inners repenting, yea (who are the worfl of flutters.) to hypocrites if they repent, pluck off their masks or difguifes, and truly humble themfelves before him. This is the fubjed of the three lafl verfes ofthe Chapter, Behold God will not cafe away a perfefl man, &c. As ifhe had Paid, Though God be ¡tiff to deal with hypocrites, as he bath dealt with theeand thy children, yet he will not calf away the perfeíl and upright ; thew thy felffuck, and he will receive thee. This he quickens by fubjoyning the further feverity ofGod to thofe that-than perfifl in their hypocritie, ver. 20. and in the dole ofthe 22. Neither will he belp the evil doers;andthe dwellingplace Of the wickedfhall come to nought. Thus you have both the general (cope, and likewife the fpecial parts ofBildads difcourfe, whichwill give us forne help towards a more clear difcovery ofparticulars. \Terle s. Then anfweredBildad the Shuhite, andfaid, The Speaker is Bildad ; Ì íhall not flay upon the perfon , who this Bildad was,of what line and pedigree,was touched in opening the s s. verfe of the fecorid Chapter , and therefore I fhaIl pals to the matter about which he fpeaks. Verfe 2. How longwilt thoufpeak thefe things'? and how long Jh:all the words ofthfmouth be asa ftrongwind ? Hebegins very chidingly , How long wilt thou fpeak tbefe things ? The words import.either, firfl,admiration, How long ! As ifitz had faid, Could any man havebelieved that thou wouldjthavefpoken fùch things as thefe,andthefè fo long! How ftrangely haft thou forgot thyfelf, to twififucha thred , -andfpin out adifcoarfe fo fnfuüq, f o frowardly, fo long:? Secondly; The'words may carry a fetile :of indignation in the B a -Speaker,,
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