; t ,Chap. 9. AnExpofrti®tt tom theBook of J O B. Verf i{5, hie of, yet I would not tiand upon theme and plead it out with God. The tefkimony which the Lord gave concerning, ak (Chap. I. [. ) is in wordsof an infcriour ícnfc : this in the Text is above them both. The Load there certifies, that yob wasperfell andup- ,rigbt. But though he wasperfcta and _upright, yet he was not righteous. He was perfe1 in opposition to inftncerity, and he was upright in opposition to injuflice, but he was not righteous in op- poftion to imperfef,}ion ; IfIwere ri&hteenr, as I know I amnot, 7ó ®ñ t" Further, Righteoufnefsis twofold. There isa righteoufnefs of improboreo, the perfon,'and a righteoufnefs ofthe cause , Though Iwere righ- gai coupcadir, teous.: yobdoth not forf:ake the righteoufnefs of his caufe, heon- Lind. ly difclatmeth the righteoufnefs of his person. I acknowledge j am not righteous in nay fell, and I will not yield that my afffiffi- ons and fufferings argue me unrighteous. Here another Quellion arises, forif we take lost fuppofïtion Cumhic3ufliri. "of man righteous,it will be demanded, May not a righteous per- ainfrbiltnéuir, fon anfwer God'? non deea egir, I anfwer, There is no created righteoufnefs can anfwer God. qua! ad leg è God char etb his-Angels rrithfolly he law evil in them,compared ¡pff1 rm nso_ to himfclf..A righteous Angel canot 'land it out withGod,much tam enite Dei lefs the moll righteous man. God indeed would have accepted tribunal feve. man in the rïghteoufttefs ofworks, had he continued in innocen- juitámronre- cy; and yet he might have seen folly in man abiding in innocency, farmiAar; fed as he Both in thole Angels, which continue innocent. No created agir de juflitia righteoufnefs can anfwer God. indoarav,gme Eut there is a righteoufnefs in which we mayanfwer God;Jobs quantum.vo fu p ohtion excludes not that namely, the righteoufnefs oftaith ¡Cogrataft, - non tamer ad which we have by Chain.. Man righteous by faith, or by imputed aruigm re- righteouftefs,may anfwer God;but man righteoufnefs by works, Daudet per_ or inherent righteoufnefs cannot.He that is righteous by the righ- f tlioni 1ra'un teoufnefs offaith, bath to anfwer God, becaufe hebath" fome- rit. Mcd, g what ofGod to anfwer'God with. Faith cloth not bring man to anfwer God, but God-to anfwer God ; Chris anfwers God for every belc.iver - : andChris can anfwer God fully to all the de- mandsofjuflice, without abatement. Chriti ha-th notcompound- ed with our creditour, for our debts, but paid them to theutmof4 farthing. ,. A belciver rsable:to anfwer God, and clothanfwer him every day.. when he ásItsthe pardonoffin, he offers therighte- 'eufnefs ofJesus Chrru; A ad"that which he offercthby faith, he will flan ;e feránCr plead withGod upon ; God hath what he can desire,
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