Chap.-9, An Expoftionwpm tie B'4okof J O B. Vert. Zg. 327 Secondly, The faces of the Judges are covered by threatnings fear of lofs blindes as well as hope of gain. Some fend terrible meffages to the judge ; will not you do as we would have you ? Will not you give your feotence and opinion thus?at your peril be it. Now the Judges face is covered, his eyes are put out by a threats themill and cloud ofa Princes dilpleafure, ofa great mans indignar ion is before his eyes, Hisface is covered. Thirdly, the Judges faces are covered by aCtuall putting the m to fhame,by carting theta out offavour, and clouding themwith difgracc, by taking awayrheir cotrímiffiens, or fending them a Q.iietus elf, laying them by as unfit for fer,'i...; ; any of thefe is,a covering to the Judges face. There is a fourth way ofcovering the judges face, to which the fecond and third are often made a preparatory. And that is,by putting the Judge to death. So much that expreflion implies io the q.otb of this book ofjob, y; a 3. where the Lord with infinite wifdome and holinefs,infultingOver job tohumblehim,bidshirn arife and doTome great thing, fomewhat which might speak him a manof might. Mekthy Jè, fn?iv with tn jeffy and excellency, and array thy eifwithglory and beauty ; call abroad the rage of thy . zvrath,andbeholdevery one that io,. proudand abate him,lookon every one that it proud, and bring bin; low, and treaddown the wicked in their place, hide them in the dull together, ankbind theirfaces inJe cret ; that is , cover their races as men prepared for death, . as men ready to go out to execution. We may expound it by that (EJlher 7. S.) where as foon as ever the word went out of the Kings mouth, they covered Haman; face. And by that (M7ark.14.65.)where when Chrill was judged wor- thy of death, the textlfaith, Theyfpit on him, undcovered bis face: Thecovering ofhis face was a mark of a condemned man, held as unworthy tobehold and enjoy the light of the Sùß, or the light ofthe Princes countenance.. Thus to cover the faces of the Judges is to condemn the Judges, and to take them out of the world by fuflèrings, 'rather then fàffer them to do right. I find that of E.lihtt { job34.. 29.)interpreted to this fenfe, When hegiveth qui- etnefs,who can make troule That is, when the Lord doth abfolve and acquit a man, giving him a difcharge, then he is free, no man can fue himor trouble him, much lets condemn him; but ifhe hide his face,wbo then can beholdhim?fo we traasflate it,tnean- ins thus, If the Lord hide,his ownface. But this expofition faith, Tf
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