306 Chap.g. An xpofition upon theBookaf J O B. VerC 22. Jad affiliions, and renewmy delires that . the Lord. wouldgive me eafe by death, and.acgoeit mefrom the b ands of thefe calamities by cutting the threed' ofmy life. I know ye judge thefe outward evils, as :lie brand of a wicked man,ofa m n ha, ed by Cod. But I'll maintain a propofition contradi Tory to that your opinionyeJhall never prove me wic;Z d,becaafe afflicied,for thus:I hold,and I will hold it a- gainJiyou all, as long as I am able to fpeak, that the.LorddeJiruyeth theperfelt and the wicked. The argument may be fhrmed up thus, That cannot be mode a clear proof ofmane impiety, which failed) alike upon the goodand bad. $ut great and dPJiroying oatwarda liItionsfall equally up on goodand bad. Therefore great and deJtroying of li6fions cannot be made a clear proofof mans impiety... The proof of the minor propouiti®n or affamption,is con- tained in the three verfes immediately following. The dif cuflion and opening of which will give both lifeand ftrength to this argument. 0 B Chap..9. Vero. 22, 2B, 24, bir,is one thing, therefore Ifail it, he defroyeth the perfel and the wicked. If the fcoorge fay fuddenly, he will laugh at the tryallof the innocent. The earth isgiven into the handof the wicked he cover eth t-he faces ofthe judger thereof5 ifnot, where, and 'who is he ? Y,detur bit lo- -cur irr.piaatera His fpeech of Job caufed a learned interpreter to tremble, vi.ludere nuaf when he read it, conceiving that it favoured firongly ofim upad 3ob,n t,m piety and blafphemy,as ifJob hadmingled the fiate ofthe wicked. t rdemftt pi arirnet. :copro and of the.righteous in one ; or, as if his mind were, that the . b,rum juiici- Lord did not dillindively order the affairs oftheworld by the di- Ln,q.todr, De- dates of his wile providence, but left them to be hudled together hec inferi- by inexorable fate, or blind fortune; therefore concludes that oru "°" `ure: job<rather per.fänates a mart void of the true: knowledge and laid. char. fear
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