Chap. 9'. An Expofition upon the Book of j O B. Vert. 33, 585 6. He cannot be a party in judgment, for he is the fupreme judge,and there is no appealing fromhis fentence. 7. He is the lati, yea, an everlatlivg Judge, and therefore there is no repealing ofhis fentence. Who is able to contend with him, whom no power can daunt,.no bribes corrupt, no wit over- reach,, who knowsall our tins, and will (pare none of them, fromwhole fentence there is no appealing, and whole fentence cannot be re- pealed ? There is no Judgeabove God, therefore we cannot ap4 peal from him; there is none to come after God, therefore what he hath judged cannot be repealed. job having thus waved and profeffed againll contending with God in judgment, proceedeth in the thirty third verft, to thew that there is none to whom his cafe might be referred for arbitra- tion. There are two wayes by which controverfìesare ended. Firfl, by the legal fentence of the publick Judge. Secondly, By the moderationof a private friend. This latter job means, when he faith, Verle 33. Neither is there any Dayer-man betwixt us, that can lay hishand upon as both. The Septuagint render there words as a with,or as a prayer, 0'E4%7,44. that theya were a Payer-man, or, a Mediatour betwixt God and me, alms:,'pa r 4 t hat might lay his hand upon us both.But the original bears it clear- l;t+ty ,r.sapr. ly in the negative, Neither is there any Payer-man betwixt us. The word which we translate Payer-man, 1 cometh from a 'n -root which fignifieth to argue or reprove, and fo fome render it 1'1' here, Neither.is there any Arguer or Reprover, none to let the drguere Hob: matter right between God and me, none to fiate the queflion enr ell nos between us, noue to reprove the Lord, if I should fay, or if by ye! tnerepant. the common rulesof,jutlice it thould appear he hath done me wrong. The word is ufed in that feule (Gen. 3 5. 24.) where Ja- cob tells his uncle Laban, 7 /;eLord rebuked theeyefiernight ; the Lord himfelf came asan umpire, as a Dayes-manbetwixt Jacob and Laban, and, rebuked Laban for his hard unjut thoughts of, and intentions concerning Jacob ; Take heed (faith God ). thou (peak not unto Jacob either good or bad, that ,is, do not Dd d threaten
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