Chap.12. AnExpofitiott upon the EoolZofJOB. VerC 4. i8 t asthe pooreft Counfels. Some are afhamed ofprayers , ando- thers will put them to fhame whopray. The belt I cando for fuch as deride prayer, or thofe who pray, is to pray for them, as Chris}for his crucifiers , Father forgive them, for they know not what they doe. Doe you know what you doe, when you mock a man that can pray ? I believe you do not , therefore I will tell .you: you mock that fpirit by which he prayes,you provokeGod towhom he prayes, you fir up the whole Churchagainf you for whom he prayes, you fet the chariots & horfemen of 1freel againf you, you turn armies againft you, that is, you turn the prayers ofall the people ofGod againf you, when you turn a- gainft prayer. Doyou know what it is to provoke fuch who can complain to God of your provocations :' You werebetter have . tales told ofyou to the greateft enemy you have in the world , then to have tales told ofyou unto God, by thofe ; whom he is pleafed to number among his friends. yob having thus fet forth howhe had been affaulted by men andhow he had retreated to God ; now laies down a general propofition, as a corrollary or conclufion drawn from all, The tuft upright man is laughed to(corn. The jufc upright man. job fpeaks fill in the third perfon, he doth not fay, 1 who am prn a juji upright man,am derided, he fpeaks modeftly as, Paul,2 Cor. D+prl a2. I knew aman. So here, The fir: ft upright man. Iujtus pej f £íi Both words are near a kinne in fignification , the one at mof pe, e iè juaw doth but explain and heighten the other, The juft upright Phan, e. .1ufh rn _ is the man *lilyupright or uprightly juft. The latter word is ; <<l:nregrzrns plural in the Original, perfeEïa. ' (as Gen. 6, g.) noting a man that acts in ITOx T"hamim the exaanefs of uprightnefs , even all manner of uprightneffes , aduerbialirer or a-man fo upright, that he hath the uprightnefs of many men hueff in him:; foras we fay of force men who are egregiouflydiího- nef, that when di(honef men are fcarce,they may go for twain; fo force men are fo exactly upright, that where upright menare fcarce (as they are every where) they may be reckoned for two or many. But how is this juft man , who hath the uprightnefs ofmany upright men in him entertained in the world ? doe not all re- verence andadore him ? The next words [hew us his ufage.The ¡aft upright man. Aa3 Is
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