Chap. 9. An Expofition upon tlteBoek, of J.011. Vcrf. a rj. 263 detre,or his ju(ìiceexpea the believer bids him try to the utter- motl,if there be any imperfefion or flaw in it,he will venture his foul upon it. In this fence man anfwess God.. But Job fpeaks a- bout inherent perfonall righteoufnefs, righteoufnefs of his wayes. Upon this he will not ventn:re a hair ofhis head, much lets hisfoul and everlahing peace. Though I were righteous I would noranfwer hint There is Comewhat further ,onfiderable, for as [righteoue J is a Refpondere, judiciary word, fo likewi fe is [an mer. ] And it implies, that --trey fo. Jobhe would not only not anfwcrGod objeE,lin or reafoning,but ran e. , Y 1 $. , t Samét. that he would not aníwer him, acculing or charging him, judging Si iUe taeargu. or fentencing ,him. I mull acknowledge my felf tobe, what Gnd et, out in ms judgeth. me to be, and , that I am . worthy to (infer what he fenrentiorn fi- dneth me to Puffer. ret,erfica<_fe ju g b mea juga ft, Hence obferve, Fira, jobhaving (hewed the weaknefs and ig-- nan audebo,illi, norance of the creature in his former difcourfe, here you tèe,efpondereali whither it tended,namely,to prove man to be Gnfull and unrigh- 4144 obiicieTh 'emus. This teaches us, ti, our in me That all the failings, infirmities and aura ne es which are inatan , p:eni, rnut f 3 . t e;enim rat4o. ,are the iffues and ejeels of the fin ofman, nibtri °brae: Man is an unrighteous creature, therefore a weak creature. & tua oppiraet yob argues from the effect to the caufe, from the fruit to the root : maid:tt` man hath infirmities upon him, therefore he hath fin in him. E efegr Where there is no fin,there is ftrength,and where there is no fin, caufam"decla- there is knowledge. perfe4 holinefs fcatters all the clouds ofdar- rat, undo enita nefs and ignorance. tantotn enenti Secondly, ThoughI were righteous I would not anfiner him; then b' irinurtt it follows, ?Aright eousmen cannot anfroer God, causees in- . fcitia, uncle Ifa righteous man cannot, can an unrighteous ? No marvel :ontaininnitae ifDavid f ith in the fir(} Pfalm, The wickedfhall not ftandinjudg- corporuei tr ment, for ( Ma feafe ) the righteous cannot hand in judgment, an`morm, nt° that is they cannot plead their own: righteoufnefs,before God. f`pfceto' Wicked'men have nothing to help them, no. help without, and rReel. none within, they have nothingbutfrn in them, and they . have no Saviour without them. Hence the Apelle. Peter argues f a Ter. g, 18. ) if the righteousfcarcely bePaved, where fhall the ungodly sandfanner appear ? It Abel be not able to anfver God, how (hail Cain ? IfDavid cannot, how can .Saul ?. They who have not the righteonfnefsofChrift, have nothing but unrig rtceufnefsoftheir own. Thirdly,
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