3Z8 Chap. id. 4:n <t E cpofitionì upon the Book of J 0 B. Verf z7 gotten by injuftice.; he alfo,may be laid toBate injuftice who feeds upon what he got uujutlly, Prov. q,. 7. They eat the Breadofwickednefs, and .drink the wine of violence:that is ,they eat the bread a5nd dsink.wine, gotten by wickednefs and vio- lence. yob diffclaims injuftice in all thefe notions, There is na injuftice inmy hand; as if he had laid, Ihave notgotten wealth by injuftice, nor enricbt my felf by malting otherspoor, I have not been as an Harpie to fcratch and tearfrom others to feed my fell: He gives a full account of this, Chap. 29. and Chap. ;o. wiping off tholeaffperfions of injuftice, by a large narrative of his proceedings in that publick capacity, as a Magifirate thebreviate of which is fummed up in this negative, There is no injuftice in my band. Further, injuftice may be taken two wayes. Either ftricly for the aCt of a Magittrate perverting the Law,and going betides the rules ofrighteoufnefs. Or largely, for any wrong that one neighbour in a private capacity, doth another. To do Juflicc is everyones duty as well as the Magitlrates: We ufe to lay, Everyman is either Fool or a Phyfitian; we may faylEiiery one is either a doer ofjulfice, or a difhondt man: For though to do juftice is chiefly the Magitlrates work, yet no man(who hath any thing to do in the world) can live as he ought, without doing justice In this large fencealtowe may expound yob's difclaimer of injuftice ; as if he had {aid,. I have not willingly failed inany of thofe duties which the, Law of love towards my neighbours callsfor, and obliges me unto : There is no injuftice inmy hands. Alfo myprayer ispure. Prayer is taken two wayes,as injuftice is. Either largely, for the whole worfhip of God, My houfe fhall be called the houfe ofprayer, citlattl.az. 13. that is,All kinde ofpublick worfhip (hall beperformed, and tendred to me there: Prayer being fo principal a part of worfhip, may well comprehend all the parts of worthip ; that which is chief in any kind, often denominates all the refl. So Love is put for all the duties of the Law,and Faith for all the duties; yea, and for all the Dotrinesofthe Gofpel, though in both many other Duties and Dotrinesarecontained. Strifly
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