Chap. tg. »An ExpoPion upon the Beak, of Job.Verf.2. 347 teachtit an.)ther, art not thou taught thy Pelf? 'Fis tinful not to do what we teach,or to teach what we do not know. A goodman will advife 'nolncre than he will d,, and a wife manwill fay nomore than he understands. Job was much allured that he knew what he taught uis frieods,when he affirms in thenext verfe,that heknew as much as any of his friends. Verf 2. What ye know, the fame do Iknow al fo, Iam not inferior to you. The Hebrew is, According toyour know or knowledge, is my know= seCUMÁ infcir- ledge, i am not below you in knatvledge; Take knowledge in the vel fcienrianr matter,or in the meafure,Iam not inferior toyou. I know the fame veflram /o ego things which, ye know,1 haveextended my knowledge to as ma- nevi. nyparticulars as you and I know every particular as fully,and am as clear in it as your (elves. Eut clothnot Job play the boafter? Doth not pride put forth its head at his tongue, while he fpeaks inch language as this Job fpake this fenfe and almoli the fare language at the third verfe of the twelfthChapter,where he faith, Ihave underflanding aswadsyou, Iam not inferior to you, yea, whoknoweth not fuch ,things as thefe? Thither I refers the Reader for themeaning of this teeming., unbefeeming, boat I (ball hereonlyanfwer in ge- neral, that Job fpeaks not this atnbitioufly or arrogantly as they do, who love to live in the found of their own commendations, who if others commend them nor, will not fail to'commend themfelves : What knowye that I know not ? Neither cloth he (peak this in contempt of his fi,ènds,as if he flightedor undervalued them Job knew it to be, not only uncivil, but finful to trample Up1)n the reputations of his friends : to ('peak highwords of him- felf,and bateiv of other men. Job fpeaks this,not becaufe he de- lighted in it, but becaufe he was neceftated ro it. The Apoftlét Apology may be his ( 2 -Cor.t t.g ) Ifuppofe I was not a whit be- Non dicit hoc hind the very chiefejl Apóllles (.ere Paul fpeaks ioe as bragging Ian arroganter guage as Job doth) but I am become a fool inglorying : ' T'ss folly to ambniofe, fed fumina nec;ef -!, do fn, yet nehath enough tovindicate his own wiCdom, while l e tateimputjùs. fpake like a fool ? evert thi,Tou have compelled me. If any fhouldPined: fay Job became a fool in glorying, he had the fame to fay of his friends,which Paul had of tke Corinthians,You have compelled me, you have put me upon it, I could not avoid it; while youhave y y 2 laid
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