Chap:g.' An;Eatpoftlïó9tstÿoii the .Bookbf.j O Ba 'Verf. 7.05 faid,I amperfect, attd this is the work ofa man, whofe wayes are i erfeei before the Lord, he knows and confidershis own final, and grows affured howmatters are with him : Ye myfriends charge me wit h thefe and thefefailings, and will force them upon me,e 4'ethcr I will or no:though 1 deuyour charge, yet ye rejoya, and re affirm it upórt me,as though I anew not my ownf®ul, or as ifye knew me better then myPelf. Nut Iamperfètllinheart, andIknowmy ownPail, I de not fo defpife my life, as ifit were not worth the looking after, or as if I were not worth the ground Igo upon. Laflly, Others underfland'it thus (which appears the faireft . and moli fuitable interpretation of thefe latter ones) 1 amperfeîi, rte; erfum,r,c, neither do I knowmy ownfoul ; that is, I am not confcious ofany [do arrman evil in my foul, I know ofno fecret guilt or corruption hidden meam,:'e.,1;t there: and focience is put for confcience : 1 know not, is, I am not f P f . , to anina r,eaa privy to any evil that my fouldelights in, and keeps dole, either againfi God or man, yet fuch evils are upon me that I defpife my life. the Spirit of a man (faith Solomon) will bear his infirmity. Then, what a load of infirmitypreffes that man, who fe life is a _.burthen to him, though no fin burden hisfpirit.Troublcs of could- ence do often make the moll peaceable outward efiateof this life troublefome.And troubles in the outward efiate may make thole who have great peace ofconfcience weary of their lives. What it is to defpife life, and that afflictions make this life burdenfome, hath been (hewed in the third and fixth Chapters, and will come more fully to be confidered at the firft verfe of the tenth Chap- ter, whether I refer the Reader, and foibear to infili upo.a it here. T (hail only add, that Tob makes thefe words as a traufition to Tngredtiurrrr the fecond part of his anfwer to the chargeof Bildad. For having alteronJurs. before given glory toGod by acknowledging his jufiice,wifdome, fpoTanis par. power and foveraignty in all his aftings, he paffcs to an apology amfa;ri f, - for himfelf, or a defence of his own integrity againfi the infulta- dit a gràvi ¿y tions, fufpicions and accufations ofhis friends ; as ifhe had faid, libera inregrt, I have defired toPave the tonour ofGodfrom the leafs touchof an un- tars$ f' eet comely thought, much more then do I abhor proud and rude con- anirü ..ra recon. f gJ)rrtiono. tendings with him : But as for you, my friends, ye muff give me tylerl. leave tó be plain with you, I am not the man ye take me for, I have none of.that bafenefs of fpirit with Which }e charge me, I am no hypocrite,, Ian perfeCi in heart with God, and upright in my dealings with men. And yet I cannot but complain of my R r ftd
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