2 98 Chap.9. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verf 20. belling againJi the law of my mind : Yet when he anfwers falfe A- potties about his perfonal carriage, and the difcharge ofhis Apo- itlefhip, then he faith,/ know nothingby myJèlf(r Cor 4, 4.)! aer charged thus and thus, I am fanderedfo and fo, but my coufci- ence acquits me,I know nothing by my Pelf ; the finfulnefs of his na- ture made him groan and ugh out, 0wretched man that Iam; The fincerity ofhis heart made him boaft and Ping out like a happy man, asforromful, but alrvajer rejoycing. A man maybe eonfcious ofbit own natural corruption, andyet confident of bis own"radical integrity. If Ifay Iamperfetl,it'hall altoprove meperverfe. entrl Thefe words in firictnefs of fenfe refer to the inward pur adfaEëa on poleof his heart, or bent ofhis mind, as the former did to the évttPV ad ° outward way ofhis life, IfIfay Iamperfect, that is, ifI fay there Rimini referent- is no meditated obliquity in my heart, no intended goings affray, or wandrings, nodole hypocrite or falfnefs there ; if I fhould fay, I am perfect in the bent and purpofes ofmy heart, yet this is not fuch as I dare appear before God in. As if I jutlifie my felfby the adings and puttings forth ofmy life, My mouth will condemn me . So if I fay I am perfect in the thinkings and fecret motions of my fpirit, it will prove meperverfe. The word which we tranflate (perverfe) lignifies towander Tn as man uncertainofhis way (Prov. 28. r8:) Whofo wallfth up ioiro e 7 rightly ( having the frameofhis inward man right) he all be a.. P p.l wl' Y f qui vego ( ved but he that is perverfe inhis wayes) having a wandring va- diverfo, op grant mind, going fometime this way, and fon:etime that, hold- dividir (r di- ing fomewhat of this, and fomewhat ofthat, but nothing to pur- foequetinduas pole orHeadilyofaiything,thisman)Jballfal at once; a manof t : Heb H' ereo Oo an uncertain irit (hall have a certain downfall. But was job thus it: ftm Jp vox oft, per perverfe ? No, job was perfect, and not perverfe : yet a boaft verjicavit rne. ofhis perfection had been a proof/of his pervcrfenefs. Nothing difeavers an evil heart more then a profeffion of its own good- nefr. Itfhall prove me perverfe. What fhall prove me perverfe ? Some refer it to the former claufe, My mouth (or the fpeaking ofthofe words: I amperfell1) perNerfruueva°'hall prove meperverfe. Others refer it to God, God will prove doh° thePero rfee, ifI jufiifìe my felf. TheSeventy leave it without re- ltriGioat
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