ól Chap. t>a.,, An Expofatiin; upon the Took, of J O B. Ved; 15. the credit , or obfcures the dignity ofman , comes under the me- taphorical fence of this word. Mfes having exalted God in his perfections , ef1 codoftruth andwithout iniquity, full and right is he, (Deut.3 z. 4.) fùbjoins (the more to aggravate them) not the imperfections but the grolle impieties of Ifrael, (ver.'.) They have corrupted them- [elves their ffiot is not the s`]ot óf his children ; that is, their fin is not a fin ofinfirmity fach as often appears upon the children of God. They fin as it they had no relation to God ; they fin like aliens, yea like rebels, not like children, not like members of the common- wealth of Ifrael. Any fpot is bad , but fotne are worfe. Sin-fpots are the worft of(pots , yet they are not all equally bad : There is a fpot which is , anda (pot which is not the fpot ofGods children. The Apofile counfels the Philippians to take heed of thefe (pots, as they defired to live in the reputation ofchildren, (chap.. t S'.) Thatye may be blamel.ffe and harmleffe , the forts if zv c bef á. Goo, without rebuke, (fo we render ,) or (as the Greek bears it ',' clearly) that yemay be the fpotleffefoes ofCod, that is, without all fach (pots as are unfutable to , or inconliflent withyour fonfhip. Some are fo befpotted, that they arecalled (pots : Thefe, faith the Apofile Jude (ver.rz.) are fpots inyourfeafls ofcharity. He that hath many fpots,is not forward to hold up his fce,then how shall he who is a (pot ? .But what is the fpot intended in this text ? There are three in terpretations about it. Firfi, Some take it for the (pot of grief and forrow anfang from aflliéiion. Thou (belt lift up thy face without Ifot, that is, thou fhalt get clear of thefe aflhftions which (pot thy face with forrow. This fence alludes to that Chap. 9. v.3 t. where job complaineth , though Iwan ray felf, &c. yet fhalt thouplunge me in the ditch, I f sail be all mire and dirt, all tobe (potted with troubles and forrows, though I walk in the waters ofrepentance : No faith Zophar, if thou doch repent indeed, thou fhalt lift up thy face without sfot, Godwill throw thee into the dirt no mare. .Some tranflate from the letter of the Hebrew,,:thou pale lift up .thy face out ofthe sfiot, that is, thou halt rite out ofthy affil ¿flou, and recover out of thymire of thy tribulations. . Hence Obferve, Theywho repent and get leefe from fin, (hall prosfer, andget loofe fromforrow. Though í
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