54o Chap. Y3. An Expofitionopon the Book ofJos. WYE. Z$: where patience path a perfeít work, fameof ¡its works may be full of imperfedtion. But I pals thefe, and Mall only note two things. Firft, The leveral ftairsor Reps by which Yobs fpirit afcend- ed to the hîgheft fence of his aflliEtions. Here is a fevenfold gradation, in this and the precedent verfes. I. God hid his face. 2. He counted him as his enemy. 3. He brokehim like a leaf. 4. He writ bitter things again$ him. 5. He made him poffefs the finsof his youth. 6. Heputs him into prifon. 7. He watch- ed him left he Mould efcape, and followed him fiepby ftep. What could be added to thefe forrows ? might not Job fay with theChurch in the Lamentations, was there everforrow like unto our forrow ? '1 by that aregreatefl in holinejs, may begreatefl in fufferings. Secondly,:More, Job ,Hill keeps his eye, and heart upon God in alibis afjiiiá- Oní. T fyCPI hy'def thyface if Ou countefl me thine enemy. THO it parfxejÿ. me. 1 yá Olt writefl bitter things againjl me. T .'i is lejlseepoJTfrzhefins of myyouth. rHOzi puttefl me. in : he flocks. TRou fettefl aprint uponthe heels of myfeet, i-le fees God inall, and fears not tomake him theAu- thòr of all thefe evils : We honour God as much in acknowledging ham to be the fountain of all the evils we puffer, as of thegood things we enjoy. Tie 28th verfe is joyned by forne to the next chapter, as if that whole chapter werebut an explication of this verfe, or at teaft this verfe the preface to that whole chapter. Verfe28. Andheas a rotten thing confumeth, as a garment that is moth - eaten. And he, Who is that ? He changedi the perfon from the ñrff to the third, he doth not fay, I, bu' Ffe though he meanethhimfclf: fuch (peaking is frequent in Scripture,and bath been noted bel fore in this book. ' He as a rotten thing, &c. As ifhe Ipd 'aid, i.a pit able to contupe under thefeA .' &ons,..
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