Chap. 12. An Expo(tion upon the Bookof Job.Verf.t7. 371 Andhe makes the Judgesfools. Someexpound this as a Repetition of the former claufe. A Counjellor mayalto be a judge ; fo they are co- incident terms. But rather take them diftin&ly, for here are three Officers fperified Fief, He who is fop eam,tbe King : Secondly, They whoare fub- ordinate, the Judge, and the Courifellor. Now as He leadeth Corm- fellers away fpoiled f j he makes the jukesfools. The judge ( as difîinguijhed front the Coupfellor ) is one whoalati REV nifireth ju,,ficeaccording to Law Judges are fe vants to the Law, Itafignifcat andRiders to thepeople, Geu. t 9.9. This fellow centre in to fojourn, ut idem fit andhe will need.sbea judge; he will govern and give us the rule yuodregere, he will take upon him to teach us what to doe, fay the Sodomites ''emp. admeiní- to Lot. After the death of o ?ua the fupr eamMa iffrate in Ifrael jurare tecri was called a Judge,till Saulwas ele&tedKing. Here theJudge is berepræfcri- a fubordinate Magifrate, placed under Kings. He makes theJudges fools. Not by any pofitive aa,infufing folly. But Godmay be laid to make Judges fools,two ways. Firtt,By not enlighrning their un- der1tandings, and leaving them in the dark. Secondly,Byover- reaching their underffanding, and outwitting them in the light. it is natal amongft ut, to fay, of a very wife man ; He will make fach a one a very fool if be deal with him: Not that he puts folly ir,6 the man, or wichdráweth wifdom from him, but he doth fo much overmatch and overpoife him in parts, that when he deals or argues with him, he will appear but a child or a very fool. Thole lfiaelites that went to fearch the Land of Canaan were doubtlefs no Dwarfs, yet when they law the huge Sons of Anak,they looked on themfelves like Grafi- hoppers. A tall man is but low of Stature ; A a ich man but poor ; A wifè man but a fool in comparifonof him who greatly excels in tfature, riches or wildom. We may take this Text either of a privative a&,the Lord withdraws and with-holds the light;fo that the Judge can- not fee the rule of the Law,and then(like a fool) he errs in judg- ment ; or ofa luperlative a },for though theJudge retain his light yet the Lordmakes a fool of him. Who can tell howmuch the wildom of God exceeds the wildom of man, when the r potfle tells- 4,1r111
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