Chap. z ;. An Expofition upon the Bookof JOB. Vert 12.- 4 he is to be feared moll, when we hear or fee thole threatnings executed in judgements. The man (faidi Mofes,Ddut. 57 , s 2,53.) that lothprefumptuoufly (by tinning again(/ the rule of tie law ) /hall dye(by futiering the penaltyof the law)and all thepeoplefhall hear and fear, and do no moreprefumptuoufly. Secondly, Obferve, The dread of God fhall certainlyfall upon inners. As it noteth a duty, that we fhould dread God, fo an event that fuch as continue in tìn,the dread of Godwill fall upon them. The dread of God will Purely take hold of (inners, unlefs they get Chrift to be their, Saviour : No fence againit the dread of Godbut Chriit: For as one Scripture faith, The wrath of God is revealed from heaven againfl all unrighteoufnefs ; So, another faith, He is fetus that deltvereth ass from the wrath tocome. There is no wrath efcaping, but by a Mediator. Verfe a2. Tour remembrances are like unto aches, andyour bo- dies of clay. This verfe is an Antithetìs to the words before. jrob having perfwaded his friends to filence, and to defift their unfriendly carriage towards him,by an argument taken from the excellency of God ; now moveth them by an argument from their own weaknefs and infirmity ; Shallnot his excellency make youafraid ? and his dreadfall upon you ? verf. ss. There he tels themwho God is, and that they ought to !land in awe of him.Here in this 12`h he tels them what they are, and how they otght to be aba- fed inthe fenfe oftheir own frailty; Tour remembrances are like unto aches, your bodies to bodies of clay. Holdyour peace, &c. Will you, who are clay and afhes, hand it out again!} his excel- lency ? Tour remembrances are like unto afhes. The letter of the Hebrew is, Tour remembrances are parables memorie aches, or have the fimilitude and likenefs of afhes in them. fox parabotce There is much variety ofopinion about the meaning of thole cineris. Mon: words, Some expound them as a threatning againlf his friends :PA= ciaterit. Tour remembrances are like unto aches, that is, your remembran- Pagn ces (hall be brought to allies, or, you Thal] be made like unto afhes. To bring one to aches, is an effea of wrath, the fire of Ggg Gods 9
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