Chap. 9. mewith tetnptfts; he follows me with trouble í1i11 ; he (hews he hathdone me nowrong, inmy former aflliLfions, by his going on toafiCt me Bill, he is fo far from acknowledging the leaft njú- Bice, in what is pall ofmy fufferings;that I fuller more,Fle breaks. me with a tempeft, and Multiplies my wounds without caufe. Butl.is-not this injuflice to multiply wounds without saufe ? Is am Gratía trot thk. a charge of blafphemy upon God?May we not think that nowSatan had his with, and that Job turfed God indeed ? Vulnerefimc TheHebrewword whichwe tranflate,without caufe,hath been caufafuatmsla opened, Chap. i. 9. and Chap.2.3.and it hathoccurred elfewhere. etl<gella,qu.a Here, He multiplies my wounds without caufe, is not a 'charge of n°nab aliqued p y f g mittuntur pec injuftice upon God, Job's heart was far from the leaa thought of catum. that, as you may fee in all the difpute t But it is au acknowledg- `sine tours ment ofthe foveraignty and power ofGod,Though he bath wound- m.nifjia,etab edmealread , et he may wound me ill without ivin? me a reafon; boaine alfliQic Y y y g g prececibili. or though I have given himno caufe. What? Do ye think God Aquin. wouldyield to me, if I should contend with him ? He multiplieth, Hisverbir evf. or, He multiplieth my wounds without caufe, that is, without denterexponit, givingme any account hitherto ; and do you think that now I quite dpxerit; (hall have liberty to call him to an account ; or that he will give eneri: ad mc, me one ? He woundswithout caufe, is* without caufe manifetted. non video. Hoc Godhath not toldme thereafon ofhis chaitenings. And I donot enimubiq; fere perceive the reafon.I know not why he contendeth with me.And n ervodab` fo he expounds what he fpake at the r 2 t verfe, Loe, be paffeth by uadobfcure s me,andIfee him not. There are my(teries inprovidence. Mans eye dab is not clear enough to ,fee all thatjG©d doth before his eyes. job is confequentia his own Expofitour. This latter expretlìon givesus a comment up- cxponuntur on the former. And it is obfervable,that both in this book,and in Aquin. the whole bodyof theScripture,eafer texts may be found toin- terpret the harder, andclear ones to enlighten thole which are darker and mere obfcure. The WordofGod is notonly a light anda ruleto uc,but to itPelf. Heed job dä- Or, He multiplyeth my wounds without caufe ] is as if Job had 8` ligóart, faid, I know the Lord deals not withme as with a guilty perfon, tam fingetiari nórdoth he judgenie as a malefaétor;mine is a probation, not a quamprobari.. punilhment God doth only tryme, to fee what is in my heart, and how I can landirk anevil day. He multiplieth my wounds without caufe; that is,without the caufe which'you hawe fo often Oo objec`t -. AnExpofttion upon the Book ofJ OB. Ver% 17. 28I
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