i1 1.5ó Chap..9. .9'kExp:fition upon theBook of J O B. ,Verf. 35., RumncnfIe are fo trout'.ted wiehitt me, that I have not-thefree ufeofmy ownun- Sanaput me; drr)fanding, nor can my reafn do tts offìce, much lef,r mygrace. l am *t rumfu's 'Aärce n tñy right mind, but rather as a man diffraúed (fù was He- fc.inhacaf 11iE1i1ne unrRe'titan) w:h the trroursof theLord, 1 kaorv not,h6tv m,ina;;efaitb mine trotf a 'under f itchfears, the inojefty anddreadfulnefs of Godoppreßmy fpi- Qyexe;ftat rit,as Ianr,I am not-myfe,f The Vulgar gives thr5 inierprctatiou 7)eur : fàmve iniiead of a tranllatton, For /cannot an f tverwhile lam afraid. fut extra toe, Hence note, ím99í empot. Mere A godly ntatttn-fore temptations,, may for a while appear .lei? then &que enin, a man. amens pofrut3 Fears hinder himfrom'fhewing the bell ofhis natural felf,much rAJpordcra, more any thing of his fpiritual tell. ßu1. Further,note two things, experienced by manyofthe Saints in the dayof their dithers. Firif, Agodly man tinder goeatef afflrcrions keeps tothe opinionof his own integrity;yet buildsMu comfort upon :befieegrace ofGod. He can, according to the tint interpretation of theft: words, challenge all with this gat Mon, Am I not right in my felt'? Is there not integriry in my fpirit ? And according to the feconde he is-ready to matte this negative contcllion, .1 amnot right in-my feif; I tland not uponmy on integrity. 'Secondly, The Saints ingreat a{flülions areoften f overwhelmed with the majqfyof God,tbat they are not able to expreßtheir intereff in God, much left makeout the comforts of that interejt. The former ofthefe arifes from that feed of holinefs and flock of grace abiding in them. The other arifeth from the natural weaknefs of fl,fh and blond, in which they abide, and from the moral corruption of nature, abiding in them. Thus we fee how the fade of the text rifes,as the word [Chess] is underflood nominally, for right orju;i. We trantlate itadver- bially, But it ii -nit fo withme; or, For it is not fawith me.'. This reading bears a three-fold interpretation. finit,ln conftrudtion with the former- words, thus,Let him take 'awaybi-s rod; &cc.'thenwill Ifpeaki and notfear him, for it is notfò with me; that is,' am not fo karftil,or of lb low a fpirit, jamnot filch a ttrarrgér,or of fo little acquaintance with .God,tha-r I fhould not know how to (peak unto-him, or that I fhould be-afraid to (peak unto him. If the Lord would but hide that brightnefs of h's own glory, which dazks mei and cafe the of my own .pains, din rac,} me, 'I'thould fetre enough fpeàkunto 1103, and-de- -. 1,,y caufè. But
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