432 Chap: to. An Expofition upon theBoef;, ef 3 0 B. Verf. 2, demn.me. His earneft deprecations of this-May carry in it a wil- ling fubmi(íion to any thing betides this. And 'tis very ulnal with men to do fo ; we think we could bear any alilic`ion but that, or better then that, which is upon us. Yet job had great .reafon to chufe any afiffiop) rather them this.He might well û..y,[ can,(through thy grace enabling me)bear thefe or any other pains ofmy body, and loí%s infny etlate, but I know not how to bear the lofs of mine innocency, or the reproach of being thrown out of thy favour.-The world, and three my friends will be con- firmed in their milapprehenlions of me, if thou doeft not fpeedi- ly deliver me, and confute their nth judgment by fome eminent mercy. Condemnation hath three things init,whichmake it grievous. Firft, The penalty of the fentence. Secondly, The disfavour of thejudge. Thirdly, The Rainof his integrity who is:condemned. To have but fo much as a fufpition or jealoufie of the dtfyleafureof God, afflic`,#s the fpirit of a godly man,,more then all his other af- fliCtions. Though job had a fure interefi in the favour of God,and was freed from the penalty of Condemnation, by his union with Chrift ; yet fometimes clouds and darknefs came over him, and the terrours of the Lord did fight againfi him,which caufed thof fad lamentations in the Gxth Chapter : bur here he is chiefly troubled at the flair of his integrity in the eye of the world,who beholding hisaffli&i©ns,blotted him as a wicked man,and e[ieem- ed him forfaken of God, even utterly difcardcd, wad cafe out of bis fight. ,Obferve hence, Firf, That, Great afil:Wonscarrya charge of wiçkednefi upon the .r,{fldÌed. Paul having efcaped death in a wreck at lea, could not efcape a hard cenfure at land, when a viper was feen upon his hand : ibis man (fay thole Barbarians ofMelita among themfclves) is no doubt a murderer, whom though he bath efcaped thefia, yet ven- geance fuß'ereth not to live (Ad. 28. 4.) We findalto that thole exemplary judgments which befell the Galileans, whofe blond Pilate had mingled with their facrifices (it feetns he caufed them to be flair , while they offered lacrifice) and thofc upon whom the Tower of Siloe fell , left them all under a charge of highelt wickednefs ; clfe Chriti had not taken it off, laying, Suppofe ye Oat thole. Galileans werefinnersabove all the Galileans,becauJee they fuffered
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