Chap. to. An Bxpofition upon the Book of J OB. VerC 7. good,to the clean, and to the unclean, to him thatfweareth, ànd to him that fearetb an oath. Note by the way, he Both not put the ditlinffion between him that fweareth,and him that fweareth not, but between him thatfwearetb,andhirtt that fearetb anoath.There are many who are not (wearers (fwearing is deboyfery, and fo incontinent with civility) who yet do not fear an oathwislt is bet- ter to fear to do evil, then not to do evil. This divition runs tho- row the whole world. Good and evil (in a remits degree) min- gle in the fame perfon, but no mans perfon is in a middle !fate be- tween good and evil. Secondly, Godbath a negative knowledge concerning the fgate of every man. This isa tranfcendent, beyond any knowledge which man hath ofman.God doth not only know what is in us,but what is not in us, not only what we are, but what we are not .Tbote knorveft that I am not wicked.The reafon why a negative oath is not admitted amongmen,is,becaufe no man can (wear fo inknowledg. Nonecan speak negatively ofanother, knowingly,but God alone. Wemay fay of a man, there is that in him for which it is meet for us to judge him godly:But it is impoffible from any outward evi- dence to conclude peremptorily,he is not wicked.I t is more to fay ofa ratan, he is not wicked, then to fay, he is godly. It is eafter to know what is,then what is not. As it is in voting,fo in knowing:Ne- gative votes arc flrongetf. To fay fuch a thing mall not pals or be doue,imports the great.[( power : fo negative knowledge is the highefi,tofay fuch a thing is not,or loch a man did it not,imports a certain knowledg,a knowledg fo certain,as is appliable to none, but God himfelf, Than k.norvefl that I am not wick; d. Andthere is no e that can de iver out of thine hand. `Yid In piel. What none ? Then wereour condition fad indeed ? None, ex- Naviti_ dudes meer creatures only. Chrilf can deliver us out of the hand dun, vet rú_ of God.And job - believed Chriti had delivered him,whenhe faid, 0.21 floto fe There if none that can deliver. .upon. The handof God is the power ofGod; and todeliver out of his hand, is to fetch out, or free from his power. The word which we tranflate to deliver,notesdelivering either by power or by po- licy, by firength,or by wit. A prifoner is delivered fometimes: by refcue or open violence, fometimes by health or fecret convey- ance , he picks a lock, or breaks a door to deliver himfelf out of the handof than. But neither of there wayes can any man deliver q a himfelf,
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