434? Chap.i7. Mine alignre tetólle ut de re_ pórtala,fuper me vifìoria glorienttir.Bol, AnExpo_(ttion upon the,Book of J OB. Vert; 4, to their eternal peace were hidden frommolt of their eyes, fo the things whichconcerned their temporal peace, were hidden from fo many of theireyes, that their ruine was unavoidable. God hid their heart from underlianding, thereforehe did not exalt them; yea, therefore he caft them down. Thus yob defcribes the fequel of that fad difpenfation to his friends, Thou hall bid their heartfrom underftanding:What follows i Thereforefhalt thou not exalt them. Mailer Broughton renders it;Therefore thoufhalt not give them Honour : And is this all, That they (hall not be exalted or honoured ? No, the Negative bath this affirmative in it,Thou wilt therefore call them down, or humble them : As Prov. 17.21 . Solomon fpeaks ofthe Father of a Fool , He that be. ; getra Fool, cloth it to hitforrów, and theFather of a Fool bath nojoy : Is that all, that he hath no joy ? No , the meaning is that the Fatherofa Fool , hath much forrow ; yea, the deni- al of all joy, affirms more then the feeling of much forrow, for itfpeaks all forrow. So, to accept perfons injudgement is not good; that is, It is extream ill : There is nothing worfe then that , which in this fenfe is not good. Thus here , Thou haft hid their heart from underftanding, therefore fhalt thou not exalt them : that is, Thou (halt humble and abafe them ; and though Non-exaltation, in this place, doth not carry all kind, or the extremity ofabafement, yet it carries a very great abafement :. Why ? What was this abafement, or none exaltation ? We may interpret it two wayes : Thoufhalt not exalt them: that is, Firft, Thou (halt not give them this honour to determine my caufe ; thou wilt take the matter out of their hands into thine own,, or thou wilt put it into forne other hand. Secondly, Thou (halt not exalt them to the honour of a conqueft over me, or to carry the caufe againft me ; yea, they (hall be overthrown , and the caufe (hall go againft them : Both thefewayes anfwer the event. Jobs three friends had neither the honour to end this controverfie, nor did they at all prevail: in the end; they went not away with vifìory nor
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