Chap..to. An Expofition upon the BookofJ O B. Verf. 4. 457 which he accepts ; wictednefs is abominable in his eye, though it tit upon a throne ; and hounds (hine.s in his eye, though it lye upon a dunghill. Holinefs is not lets lovely to him , becaufe cloathed with rags, nor unholinefs wat leCs loathfonie to him, be Forte lob re. caufe it goes in a gaygoat. ,'Tis well conceived that jobhad re- friar ad car- fèrence to his own condition when hefpake thus; he lay in a wo- neoi judtcum full plight, all over Cotes, and boyls, and filthinefs, yet (faithhe) oculas,i :i Lord, I now thou eeJ not as rnan eetb "thou dolt not therefore ex fis e think me the worfe, becaufe I am thus ill. I am even a loathing, re judicanr, not only to othe s, but to my felf, yet I know thou:doft not loath lordidosvero nie; thou halt not a had opinion of me, becaufe my condition is ç5fqual;dos thus bad. conrernnunr. Man judgeth the caufe by the effeét the tree by the fruit, drDeur ordido 3, à , Y s & huntilia ,the ¡run by his adìons, t a 's the way ofmans judge ment, and fo non defpicir. man ought to,ji dge.We ought t., thinkwell of them who do well; 5anFh and when thehand is clean, cnarwwy bids us fay the heart is clean too. But the Lorifed) not as minJeeth ; he judgingmen tran- fcends the rule, he gives men to fudge by. He judgeth the fruit by the tree, the effect by the caufe, and the afti on by the man ; he had refpect to.il.bel, and then to his offering' Ifthe worker pleaCe him not,neither doth his work ; as he makes fo he fees the tree good, and then the fruit good. Till the man mends, his manners never mend in Gods efleem. When a good tree brings forth evil fruit, or an evil tree good fruit, 'tis acci- dentali to them bot a, not natural. God judgeth. us by what we alwayesate, not by what we forpetimes at either in good. or evil. Íu this fence yob comforts himfelf, that whatfoever fruit he tfeem to bring forth , yet the Lord judged him not (ás,his freinds did) by Tome unfavoury fpeeches that came from him, but by the fevourinefs of that fpirit which wasin him. He knew God judged him by the fettled temper of his inward man, and, tile, foundnefs ofhis minde, not by the cafuail diftemper of his out- -ward man, or the' found of his tongue. job was a good tree, ,and the root ofthe matter was in him.AndJob was affured God would not condemn him for his fruit, if Come of it were bitterand us- pleafant,w1h31e,he taw his root wasygood. , 4 Man mutt rake time to hear and difcuffe ;every, cafe, to' find and beat out the trut i of every conttoveríìe, but God Iudgeth all at an irritant ; the matter is no fooner before him, but Nnn he
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