470 Chap. to. An Expofititnupon the Bookof J O B. Verf.7. bringsevill upon them, or wraps them up in commonevils. They whohave no wickednefs in them to call them under condemna- tioa,have yet Gn enough in them tomake them fmart under cor- reLlion. Though Job could fay from theteffImony of a pure con- tèience, Thtuknomelt I amit ot wicked; yet hedurft not fay, thou knowell I have not finned. Job acknowledged he was finful,and God knew he was not wicked. In fearching after iniquity, he found not hypocri lie, yea he knew he was not an hypocrite before he fearched him. So it follows Continet ver. rr feptimus,id quad pracipuè in hoc coula, e5' difputatio. re fpeiJandutn eß, fc 7obunt non elle impro- lurk Pined. ;,y, `7v pud.¡cire tua eft. llyultophot dicit per banc phrafin aped (cire tuum el), gumfidiceret tu frit. to fcientia tus io set, penes noti- tiam tuam eft, non aliunde,fed es: te optime' nofli me non of improbutn. Lruf. Neret inrege- nitis peccstti, improbi tomen dici, necpof funs, nec de- bent, Mer. Verfe 7. Thou knorteft that Iam not wicked, and there is none that can deliver out ofthinehand, This 7. verfe containeth one of the chiefefl queflions ofthat grand controverts handled in this Book, whether Job were a wicked manor no ? Satan reprefènted him for filch to God ; and therefore called that he might be tried : the Lord tryed him upon that challenge, and he was brought to a grievous tryal ; fob ap- peals to the Lords own knowledge, and is contented to floodor fall according to his determination, being yet affured, that he flood right in the thoughts ofGod..Thou knowefr Iam not wicked. Thou kitoweft. Thl, Hebrew is rendered word for word, thus, It is upon thy knowledge, or, it is upon thy know that Iam not wicked. As if he had laid, Thou haft Mot this knowledgefromwithout, thou doff not ground thy judgment concerning the frate of any man upon what o- thersfay ofhim, upon reportsor bearflyer ; no,thykrtowledg is from thyfell; thou knoweft upon thine own knowledge, thine is an inter- nal, an immediate, andJO a perfeîi, an infallible knowledge, andthat tellsthee ofme, I am not wicked. That I am not wicked. He loth not fay, Thou knowell that I am not a tuner, or, Thou knowell that I have not finned. Pbhad no- filch opinion of himfclf, and heknew God had no Inch lnowledgeof him. There is agreat difference between being a (inner, and a wicked man. Thebelt ofSaints while they are hereupon the earth are tuners; but theworti ofSaints even here upon the earth are not wicked; theyhave a new nature,,, they are new creatures, regenerate and born
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