hap.9, An Expofttion upontbe BookofJ O B. Ver` . 33. affure which the parties ufually ingaged themfelves under pe- nalties (of valuable damage to the bu¡inels in quefiion) to (land ;o his arbitration. There are five things(by which we may more diftin&ly under-, Rand Jobs Meaning) belonging to a Dayes-man, or an 'Umpire. r. He mutt be agreed upon and chofen by both parties; for un- lefs he be accepted by both of them,he can have nopower to de- termine for, or againit either of them. 2. He muff hear both tides (peak , and alledge what they can for themfelves, before he d, termines. 3. He mink beat out the matter by interrogatories and qucfti- 'ons , he mull not flay upon the bare narrative of the perlons. 4. He muff have power to conclude and determine of the dif- ferences betwixt them. 5. Both parties mull be bound, at leaft by promife, to ¡land to thedetermination which he (hall make. Such a one is a Dayes- oaat Jude t. man amongmen :who is allo calleda Gompromifr,and his work, pr,;goìsrt, the Comprornifingof a matter, besaufe as he is ele&ed by the mu- quofi CC ce,n- tual content, fo confirmed by the mutual promife of thole who porn d are at variance, to reconcile them, and take up their differences. gatoribrR `Now, faithJob, as there is no judge,fo there is no Days man be -:al"' twixt me and God. 927 That might lay his band upon us both. Some underhand the words [ upoii us both j of Job and his friends, There is not a Dayes-man betwixt me and my friends, not one that can judge and confider ofmy innocency and their charges as if he had laid, Though / will not plead it out with God, yet I dare refer the controver fie betwixt you andme to an equal Vmpire, Idare go to the trial of my innocency zvithyou,but Ifee no Dayes-man ; you are allparties in the bufinefl, and I know of none that willffandbe- tween us indifferently and unprejudiced. But the text refers clearly to God, There is no Dayes-man, none to arbitrate the matter between God and me,None to lay his bands upon us both. To lay on hands is diverfly filed in Scripture. The hand figni- fies all power : Hence, to lay the hands, is toput forth power and to do fo,is taken fometimes in an ill fence, and fometimes in a good fenfe. d d 2 riait,
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