so' Chap. t3. .4n Expofition upon the Bookof Jos. Verf. 24, of thine eye : A-man inmifery ufually faith , Pray look upon me. Again, This alfo, (as force interpreters conceive ) hath refe- rence toa judiciaryproceeding : Speak thou, and I will anfwer, auiqua erat or, I will fpeak,, andanfiner thou me, wherefore hideft thou thy tonfuetudo, face ? When a Magillrate finds a buínefs foul against a man, he quod eum 1,14 turns away from him. Some of the Ancients refer it to a known ccs cspítisfen- cultomeoftheJudges in thofe times,who when they pronounced rcntiapi tam a fentence of condemnation, caufed a curtain to be drawn before Brant inreyj;l-to vetofe eontine- them, or, hid their faces from the condemned party ; for as the boot abfconditi. covering of a mans face was a token that he was condemned, fo xujus on snit, theywho condemned themcovered their own faces Of which Bafih Ep.79. cuttom fee more upon thofe words,cap.9,ver.24.He covereth the faces ofthe Judges thereof, &c. And whether the ufages of for- mer times,in judiciary proceedings, give any light to this text or no, yet the general fcope and intendment of it is plainly thus , wherefore,OLord, doff thouput thy Pelf intoan angrypofure again'? me ? why are all the appearances fromHeaven to myfoul black,and lowring ? why is it that 1fee not thofe former [miles in thy face r whyam I not received into the embraces ofthy arms ? why doff thou all the wrathful Judge, who art indeed a loving Father ? As my foul hath delightedin thy foreprffed kindneffes, fo it delires to kitow, with all humblefubmiffion to thy will,why thougrieveft menowwith this unkindnefs, the hiding of thy face ? Tell me Lord, tell we wherefore hideft thou thy facefromme ? Hence Obferve, Fir(i, That holy men even in this life have a fight of the face of God. wherefore hideJt thou thy face? It was not ufual with God to hidehis face, Job had feen ìt,elfe he would not have complained becaufe he could not fee it. We are not much troubled at the want of that whereof we never had any experience nor enjoy- ment. We are not at all ti oubled at the non-enjoyment of that ofwhofe being, or whether there be fuch a thing or no, we are altogether ignorant. Job fawGod didnot deal with him as he was wont, nor do to him after the manner of a friend. God had been familiar with him, and givens him frequent vilits, this made him fo fenlible of his prefent Ihienefs and earangements. Chap. io. ver. 12.7 by vifitat ion hathpreferved my When fri uds vifer, they fee one anothers faces. It is Paid of the Kintwo gs
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