282 Chap. 9. AnExpofrtion upon the Book, of JQ 13., Verf.t7. objcd -edagainti me, namely that I aman hypocrite and wicked. :Mims in De. I know God looks upon me as a child, or afriend, not as an ene- umpæ,,aro my. Therefore I have no caute to multiply words withGod,though a cEJus,fed God go on to multiply my wounds ritbout eaufe. mien afe£fut To multiply wounds ] notes numerous and manifold afiliftions; 4oloribus. many in number, andmany in kind. job's were deep, deadly wounds, and he had many of them, was all over wound, body and foul were wounds,he was fmitten within and without ; as to ' multiply topardon, is to pardon abundantly (Ira, 55 7.) So to multiply wounds, or to multiply to wound, is to wound abun- dantly. Here a Qrsfti,pn would be refolved , how the juflice of Gad may be acquitted,iu laying on and multiplyingafflitions without caufe. I thall refer the Reader for further light about this point to the third verfe of the fecond Chapter, where tholewords are o- pened ; Thou moveff me again(t him, to de/troy himwithout caufe; yet take here three coafìderations more, by way ofanfwer to the doubt. Firil, Whatfoever the Lord wounds and takes from any man, he wounds and takes his own. He is Lordover all. Our health and flrength are his, our richesare his ; The world is his,. and the fulneJ:r ofit (Pfal.5o.)If he be hungry he needs not tell us;he can go tohis own (lore. It is no wrong to difpofe what is our own, wherefoever we find it. That rule is as true in revocations, as diffributions : Friend, I do thee no wrong (Mat.2o.r 5.) Is it not lawfullfor me to do what I will with nineown?though there were no fin in man, yet there were no injuftice in God, becaufe he takes nothing from us, but what he gave us, and hath full power to recall and take away. Secondly, Suppofe man could fay, !that, what he had were his own,that, his riches were his own, that, health and firength of body were hisown, yet God may take them away, and do no wrong. It is fo among then, Kings andStates call out theirSub- jeCts to war , and in that war their wounds are multiplyed . without any caufegiven by them:they gave no occafion why they lhould beappointed to filch hazards of life and limb,tofuch hard- (hips ofhunger and cold ; yet there is no injutlice in this. When God calls man into trouble, he calls him out to his fervice,he bath war, fome noble enterprize and defiign to fend him upon. To you
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