318 Chap. t 2. A Expoltion upon the 'ookof Job. Ver122. io 25 ) Fear them not, for there is nothingcot Bred, - that :íhall no'sbe revealed, andhtd,thatjhalínot be kkn:wn: wh2cLr words may have a douo eaim. t. To deterr the Difciples from concealing the word ofGod for fear of men. As if Chriff h :d Beyebold and con(fantin delivering the mikewhich I f a , put intoyour mouths,..teclare to the world the whole cotrnfel of God, qep not bí' atk., conceal not his truth, betray not hit caule by a coward filence : for whatfoever p/aufible ex- cufesyoumay male to palliate and hide this lownefs and falfenefsof year fpirits, yet at length all will out ; and though you wouldnot de- clare the truth of God to his [(Ivry yet God will declare the whole truth concerning you toyour Jhame ; as the madnejsof your f. erfecu- tors Jhdll be manife t,foalfo _hallyour fearfulnefs.. therefore fear them not, What 1 tell you indarknefs, than fpeak ye in the light, &c. for what ye door forbear todo in darknefs Jball cotrie to light, With the reafons of it. 2. Theie words aim at the fupport of the Difciples under the - flanders'and fpíteful opinions of men, when they fully and cou- ragiotfly declare and preach the word of God. As if he had raid, Your Innocency may be hid, and your Righteoufnefs unknown, you may be called Beelzebuband Devil for fpeaking the truths of God, yet Zwill take a time toput off there ugly di(guifes, and render you even to the eye of the world )itch as you are, upright and honeft men rityzealous andfaithfulmefengers : for I affure a you, there is no- thing covered that *all not be revealed: and thereforey ur faithful- nefs to my caufeandGofpelfhall not ;.. daele reveal my hidden truths, and leave it to me to reveal your integrity, how much foever it may be hidden. Llpbn theíameground that wicked menare to tea ',godly men arenot to fear : wicked men have caufe to fear,hecan(e their evil deeds (hall be made manifest ; and godlymen are not to fear, yea they are to rejoyce, becau(e their goon°nets and g lod deeds (hall be made maniteft all their uprighrnefs and faithful i ,ten- tions for the promoting of-the honour of Christ, and advancing of his Gofpel, ('haii be Cet in the open light. Yet further, Thoughwe fhould do muc'' good, which is in the dark too,or hidden from our (elves (for theca a, e,as fins, fo, mu a fence, g,,od works of ignorance,) or if we fhould have forgotten the good which we have done knowingly, yet the Lord will re- deem our works out of this darknefs alto, thedarknefs I mean, whether of our own ignorance or forgetfulne(s, neither fecrecy nor
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