Chap. 9. ¿ln Expofitio n uponthe Book of J o B. not hold me innocent , he will not be. reconciled unto me, or blot out my tranfgreflion. But efpecially (which is rather the mind of lob) the foul tnifgives about releafefrosn puníthment. Some being haniper'd in the bands ofaftlie`fion,conclude, God will never let them loofe., or fet them at liberty again. Such a conclufion Davids unbeleif made againft himfelf, I all one dayperilh by the hand of Saul, (a Sam. 27. e.) When Jonah was caft into the deep, in the midi ofthe teas, when the fonds compaifed him, and all the billows and waves paffedover him, then he Paid, Chap. 2. 4. Iam calf out ofthe fight of thine eyes. Indeed Jonahbegan to recover quick- ly,hisnext words being a breath of faith, Yet I will lookagain to- ward thy holy Temple. Secondly, Obferve, That untillfear ofguilt be removed, fear of troubles willnot remove. fob was not very clear about.the pardon of his fins ; Iome- what ffuck upon his fpirit, while he was under the :clouds and darknefs of this temptationstherefore hefaith,/ am afraid of all my farrows, Till the foul is fetled in the matter of pardon, or freedome from guilt, it can never be fetled about freedome from punifhment. Hence the Apoftle (Heb. 2. io. 35.) fpeaking of the Saints before the coming of Chrift, calls Chrift, the Captain ofour falvation, and aífures us, he took flefh, that through death he might dettroy him that had the power of death,t hat is,tncde- vil, and deliver thofe who through fear ofdeath, wereall their life timefubjeei unto bondage. The language is verynear thisofthe Text,/ am afraidof all myfarrows. As job was in bondage under his afiCìions through the fear ofhis returning forrows So, they wereall their life tirn.efubjeei unto bondage,through the fear of ap- proaching death. All the Saints before the coming of Chrifi were under fuch abondage, for the Apoftie fpeaksas ofa gene rail (late, That he mightdeliver thofe, who through thefear of death, were all their life time fubjeel unto bondage.The reafon hereof,was, becaufe they hadnot fo manifeft and convincing a light concerning the pardon of i n,the freenefs ofgrace,and theabundance of that mer- cy which was brought in afterwards,and revealed by JcfusChr.iii, when he aduailymade our attonement by the blood of his Crofs: for howfoever it isundeniabie,that the faithfull under the old T.e- flament, had knowledge of that fatisfadion which was to be made by the Mediatout for the removingof fin, and the taking away Verf. 2S. 35 _ --7
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