Chap. 13. AnExpofition upon the Book ofJOB. Verf. i 3. Howfoever set mego, though you think it is to no purpofe, yet let me go on :..Let come of it what will, I reign the ifliue wholly toGod. Secondly, When kb fpears thus, Let come on it what mitt, yos mutt know he had very good ground for what he fpake, he knewwhom he trufted, and truft him he would thoughhe flew him, as we fiati hear himprofelling with his next breath. Hence Note, A, upright heart neverfeareth any hurt fromGod. You think I am running upon the fpears point, evenupon the difpleafure of God ; well, I'le try that ; let come of it what will, s(s4 defperato- I have not one jealous thought of God : As one in ficknefs and b rim tit p pain, ready to die, feeing his friends about him mourn, Paid, ran,is deDel ore Donot trouble your(elves, I -k,now God will do me no hurt. Job qui may fug was willing to bear any thing atG )ds hand', even a flaying, and fpei ration.n yet he believed he íhould not bear the weight of his little finger r.dd t. 'Mar. (as we fay) upon the accountof reproof. Job was not defperate, nor did he defie anddareGod as wicked men ufe todo: tell them of hell, they care not for hell, tell them God will be angry,they regard not his anger. A gracious heart cannot flight , and would not for a world willingly-incur the leaf'ttlifpleafure, or fomuch as a frown from God, a frown fromGod would go to his very heart. But he can fpeakout of the height of his conñ- deuce, that in any jaft thing he will on, and bear all the blare which God will lay upon him, bent well affired that God will lay no blame upon him at all from his anger or juffice, though, in his wife providence, he fhould lay aìnultitude of the - foareft affli6tions upon him. But what is it whichmakes theSaints-fo.refolute with God that they fear not anyhurt from God ? .. How can they fearany.hurt fromGod,whenthey have fo ina- ny promifesof good from God ? God hath not fpoken one hard word againft them all the Bible over,nor will he bear it that any should fpeak any thing but good concerning them.: Say to the righteous, it (hallbe well withbum. , The Apoftle affures us that the la.w (namely in the threatnings of it) is not madefor a righteous mane but for the lawlefs andafdbedient, for the ungodly, and for finners, &c. The lawwas not fet tobring any of the punifhments which are threatned thereupon the righteousand holy The godly manneeds not fear any hurt from the law, becaufe the law- 42 1 tI
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