480,. Chap. a3. AnExpofition upon the Bookof Jos. Verf. i9. fay as Pb here, I /morn ! fhall be juftifad. But difordered mi- tes can never have afli rance ofany thing but ofwrath and death. pi, having thus made out his firft ground, why he would be heard and come to a tryal, proceeds to another, in the 19t4 - verfe. Verfe t9. YYho is hethat will plead withme ?for now ifIhold my tongue, I (hall give up theghofi. who is he that will plead with me ? Where is the man ? The words,asthe former,fpeak thegreat. nefs of his fpirit. jobdaft bid battei and fend a challenge to all oppoltes in the world. He throws down his gauntlet to all corn- Serena admo ers, Let me fee the man that dares undertakeme in this difpute ? dùm confctenti Pi/ ho ishe that willplead withme ? e, intrepid e fob fpeaks not proudly or vainly,confiding in his own firength mcntis, er ad or wit, inhis nimble tongue or quick invention; he fpeaks thus, eertamen pyiri trufling in the power of Chrifl hand as being affuredoffilth an tuale quern z g provocantis interea and eflate inhim as ail the oppoûtion in theworld fhould verba punt. never be able tooverthrow. VII" eft dui Job fpeaks like another Goliah, who (t Sam,, 18. 8; 9.) flood wean . meacauta and cried to the Ármies'of I frael, andfair! unto them, whyare you Met . po- come out tofetyour batted in aray ? Choofe you amanforyon, and tefï, let him comedown to me, ifhe be able to fight withmeand to kill me,thenwill webe yourfervants,but ifIprevail againfl him kill him, thenfhall ye be our fervantsand ferveus. In fuch a manner ( but with no fuch fpirit) Job fpeaks here , where's the man ? choofe out whom you will to plead and to difpute with me.Thus Job challenged like Goliah, but he fought like David (verf.45.) in the name of the Lord of hops. Hence Obferve, He that isfancere fears not to come to tryal. " The righteous isbold aset ¡fan. He is fo far froth declining tryal, that he invites it; where isthe 'man that will plead withme ? But I will not flay upon this, having been led to it lately by a former paffage. Secondly, Obferve, A foul that is f sereand well bottomed upon thegrace of God in Chrifl, is unconquerable. Job, knowing he fhould be ¡unified, cals out, Who is he that will
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