Chap. 9. ting out or confurmption ofa thing, noting that theoutward di- ropnc' defer, fpenfations ofGod may be fevereand terrible to the perfeCi:, as diferdir,fre. well as to the wicked. He doth not fay,the Lords afflits theone, queuter a 1eß and de.tlroycs the other; chaftens theone,and confirmes theether; tremam c n_ aonra but he confirmes and detfroyes the one, as well as the other, He emrt eonxfutinpstno_ deftroyes ten refortur. The perfeef Who is a perfect man in the language ofScripture,and wherein fl this perfe,`,tion contifts, hath been openad more then once already, and therefore I (hall not flay upon it here. ,Only in general, the perfect man is the man in the highett form of holinefs ;- a than full ofknowledge, faith and good works, one of the ftrft three in grace, yea he may be the jírft of the three , yet all this" is no fe curity against the ford} affil ion, agaitdt affiiCtion to dcfltudion temporal, He dr/troyeth theperfeel And the wicked. Yñgdietum per Or the unquiet and tumultuous man.Every wickedman is an m,lrarbu3ar unfetled, and an unquiet man. Hekath no where to refl who bath faculi eui..r not ChrJt to rest upon: He is aiasayes out ofthe wry, who is not in o1iittodinej ; bim, who is the way. Wicked men reti only in doing eyil, they are never quiet butin motions unto tin. God (hews their nature in their name. Vnquiet is their name; and eenquietnefs is with them. Wicked men trouble and vex others as much as they can, but they troufrte and vex themfelves moft of all. By thefe wickedones the Septuagint underftand mighty and I. XXenpium rich men. Riches are fo often got by wickednefs, and are oeca- v-uPete f fans to fo many :of making them wicked,that wicked and rich maymunt. fometimes change names, or lignifie the fame perfon. Q,rpletarein. One of the GreekExpoiitors underltands the text,of thole who Il54, cr vitaj are great in goodnefs, and ítrongin faith, He deJtroyes the perfe t, ouch and he deftroyes him that is mok perfet,eveu the moft.eminentin'P ych hohnefs,the to/left Cedars ingrace.As if the wards implyed only a gradationofgood men,and not a difhindion of good and bad. But the letter of the text hath no thew of realon-at all for fuch an interpretation, and therefore I (hall pafs it by, and take the, words as our tranflatiun renders them :, holding forth that grand dichotomyof mankind, He deftroyeth the perfeel and the wicked. Q This An Expofation upon the Bookof J O B. Vere 22. 309
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