r Chap.9 4; ExpofitonupatheBookof JOB.vcrl 24. adb1inddne(s, giving good to thofe that weze cvii, and evil ç Atiqufoy. to thole that were good when Judges give rewards to tho1 V2fl that flIUUld be punithed, and punith thole that Ihould be reward- p:bzm. ': o::: cd tir faces are covered, they are blind. Judges were ancj tttly pourtrai'd or piir'd,nithoa haidr, andwithout ejewjth. out hands, as noting that Judges triult not receive or take gifts tino coïfcrrco- And without cyes,becaufa they mull not fee friend or neighbour, rcat or fmall,kinfìnen orulranger they were to dillribute jullice according uno every mans caule,andnot with relpe toany mans hate or relation. Ir is laid of Chrift. (IJ. j s.s.) where his King dome is defcribed,rhat hefhall not joodge afier theJight ofbis eyes; that is, by what appears to the eye, but beJhalljudge righteo,es judgement. In this fnfe it is the Judges duty and honour to have his face covered. But the covering litre meant, is either ofign_ rance and inability, or of corruptuels andpartiality. All which hinder the Judgefroiii doing his duty, and are blernifi-jes ofhis honour. But forne may objeó,Sha1l we attribute thij to God Doth he cover the faces of the Judges ? God is pure from all lin, while lic leaves men in their impurity. He is juli in givingman vcr to his own injuftice.So we anfwer,and the next words chal1eiag al to make aíiotlier aufwcr. Ifoto:,where,aíd who is he? If it is not the Lord who doth this, tell me who is it ? as if he Szoion9ul,zi t had laid, Sorne may be offended and Icandalized at 'i y dotrïne that I aWert, rho earth ¡-s given onto the hands of the wzck,ed, that eo ¡OC covereth the faces ofthe Judges if any man thai! deny or Icruple ilteVin1 his, let him lhew me whence thelc things are, and who is th caulioíthcrn ? - There is a three-fold underftanding of theí words : Sörne make the antecedent to btbe wickecI; Asifhe had laid, Who foqt)r.go but a roicked man mill cover theJaces ofthe judges, andhi nder th pofl,j'upp1e, execution ofjujiice?And fo they acquirGod,accountinjt blaíhe_ niy to attribute the a ofcovering untohim: The Lord is a God ofjuhltce, he loves judgement, he opens the mind, and clears the the eye , he doth not call clouds and mills before it. It's true fo far as the a± is finfull, God forbid we Ihould afcribe it uut cod. But (as was thced before) we need root ule this fuhier- frge, loLl we Ihould lay any alpertion iapon his juftice and boll- nls
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