466 , Chap. An'Expofition upon the Bookof J' O B, Verf. 8. Heaven after the rcfurreeion, may (in this fence) becalled Adam, (made of Earth) yet no Saint can be there called E. nafh , that flare being incapable of the leaf( mixture of for - row. J. B, CHAP. r7. Verf, 8, 9. Vpright men (hall beaftonie'd atthis, and the innocent fhall 'Hr up h imfelf againft the Hypocrite. The righteous alfa (hallhold on his may,andhe that bath clean hands fhall beftronger anditronger, N the two former verts job (hewed the greatnefs of his afi6tion from a twofold efft(. In there two Verles he thews two reafons why his affliai- ons were fo great,not as Eliphaz and his Affociateshad fug- geffed, becaufe he was a great (inner, or had finned beyond the common line ofman ; but, Firfi, That men,even upright men might be afionied,at the ftrangenefs ofthis difpenfation ofGod, and of his ftrength, fupporting a weak creature under it, and carrying him through it : God will do fame things, which }hall at mince teach and aftonifh hispeòple,andgive them not only matter of inftrul ion, but caufe of wonder. Secondly, That, the innocent and righteous might be en- couraged by my example to proceed vigorou ly in the wayes Palo non tarn of holinefs, notwithüanding all t he oppofition they finde in c-njclant:a from men, and the of legions laid upon them by the hand of iugta p g`Q God ; forafmuch as the favour of God (bines in upon me ni pafune, hu- through ail there Clouds, and I have no doubt ofhis love,, manopue re. though I feel all this fmart. fpetfu imaeto men virumhit p g fr'gn: Vert: 8. V rt btmen all bea onied at this fuas,Ba' who is an upright manbath been opened before yet here the upright man is a man free from Pafrion and prejudice, as well as fromhypocrite and falfe- heartednefs. Theword which we tranflate C Aftonied] lignifies alto - uifhment with admiration or fuch anadmiration, as leaves a man
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