Chap. 9. An Expofttionupon she Bookof J O B. Vere 32. thoughts were Like mans thoughts,or if he were tied by fuch rules as we, we might make fuch conclufions ; but (Job concludes) He it not a man as we are. J OB, Chap. 9. Verf.§32, 33, &C. For he is not a man as 1am, that 1fbould anfwer him, and meflhould come together injudgment. Neither is there any Dayei -ratan betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 3 O B Both two things in the clofe of this Chapter. Fira, He again rcnouncethall thought or intendment of an- fwering God by any worthinefs or goodnefs in himfelf Apoint he had often touched before, it being the grand objeffion which his friends brought againft him, as if his fpirit were heightned np to the prefumption of a tryal or contea with God himfelf. 'Tit a duty to clear our felves mojk, where and in what we are moß fee- f eîied. This he doth in the 32. and 33. verfs. Fie k not amax as I am, that I (houldanfwer him, and we fheuld come together in judgment . Neither is there any Payes-man betwixt us, that might lay his band upon us both. 373 In which words Job offers two things, to afiure them that he [ was far enough from fuch an engaging with God. Fiat, From the difparity of their condition (verf. 32.) He is not a manas Iam. God is not likeme, T amno match tor God ; and I will not be fo fool- hardy, as to contend with one, who is infinitelyabove me. Secondly, Let any fhould think,that though himfelf, hand to hand (as we fpeak) would not venture upon God, yet he might ( poffibly) get Tome friend or fecund, to interpofe and umpire it between them, or determine whether Gods dealings with himwere jut and equal, orno : And fo (though not alone;yet) by a friend, or a third party to them both, he would try out the matter. No (faith Job in the 33. verfe) not fo neither, as 1a- , lone
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