3 g. Chap.i &. sinExPofition upon the Bookof J OB. Verf .r 5 Verf. i 5. Ihave f toedSack cloth uponmy skin, and defi- led my hornin the duff. That is, I.have humbly fubmitted my felfto receive, and entertain thofe faddeft difpenfations. Hence Obferve. That thefureff way to confute the cenfures, andwipe off the all fperfiens which are calf upon to,is to Phew our delves doing contra., ry to what others arefpeakii?g-óf us, A practical anfwer is the flrongeft anfwer ; we may (peak more for our (elves by our hands , then we can do by (Sur tongues in many cafes. The Papifls mouths are ftopt ( who, call us Solifidians ) when they fee Proteftants forward in, and zealous for good works : He that is accufed of uncharitable fiefs, may belt free himfelffron that charge, by giving freely to the poor ; and he that is accufed of injuftice, may fooneft do himfelf right, by ¡hewing that he hath done right to e- very man. Bare denials that we have done evil, are nothing ; but when our doing of good appears, who can deny it? The old Philofopher aníwered him that denyed motion, by rifing up and walking, not byarguing : Job anfwered Elipbaz,who affirmed that he turned his fpirit, and ftretched out his hand againft God, by falling down and fubmitting to it. d have fewedSackcloth upon myfkin, &c. rf%c aJ art ut And this Job offers, as to remove, and take away that obje- d r,ljricor. Litton ofmid behaviour towards God ; fu tomove-his Friends diam focios to better behaviour, even to compalïon , and pity towards .noveat,penio him. He was in a forrowful cafe, and he had aged-the part amtiobumJ 'o1 ofa forrowful man ; God had laid himlow, and he laid him- tatem,quaA fete feif low -- ; this might have taught them moderation ; why in hi, of11r&io- fhould they ¡peak fo harfhly againtt him, who had dealt but nàbu, non extuv courfely with himfelf ? Sowing Sackcloth upon bis skin; and ¡orio. Merl. feeíng he abated himfelf, even to the defiling of his horn in the duff, why thould they abafe him too ?` It firs up pitty to- wards a profeffed adverfary to fee him in mifery , efpecially, when he fubmits unto it, and fuffers with patience : Much, more Ihould the .mifery ofa ,profeffed Friend , he alto quietly fubmitting to it, flit up the bowels of pity. So then, the' (cope of this report which Job makes of himfelf, was not only,to anfwer what Eliphaz had charged him with, but all()
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