Chap.t7. An Expofttioltwpón the. Bool¿, of J CA BI- t Verf.i 8. 467 man aftonied and fenfefs, or puts himquite betde himfelf when natural reafon is much overpowered, we aft as if we had no reafon. upright rnenfhall he a f anied. Matter Broughton reads it in the =c1t Imperative Mood, Let upright men be aftonied at this:He car- T'adiu:mi,ztus Ties the fame form to theend ofthe context, Let the upright yll, ñ adµ i men he affoni(hedat this, and let the innocent ftir up bimfelf againff the Hypocrite : Let the righteous hold on his tray, and let him that bath cleanbandsbeffronger and granger Asif the words contained a ufe of exhortation or direátion to feveral duties which job's Rate call us unto: We fay,Vprigh t men may be aftonied, as importing the e- vent,or what was intended in the ac5t : As if he had faid, Men ofa right temper mill riot be tranfported with ungrounded jea- loufies anduncertain conjeaure.t concerning me,,when they fee all thisupon me,butwill refer myffrange difaffers to the uncon- ceiveable wifdom of God, who thus orders the afietions of his people,andfeems to reward their holy fervices withfhàrpeff fuf fer ings. Vpright men(hall be aftonied,at what?At or upon the confide rationofthis thing but what is this _thing, the con- fideration whereof (hall raife up fuch afonifuñent ? When theButh burned and was not confumcd,Mofes refolved,I will mat turn afide now, and fee this great thing :Strange fights call us to confideration.We have in this Text,A bufh burningand not confuming ; upright men!may well be : afonied and turn afide to fee it. More particularly, there are four things,upon which the occafion ofthis aftonithment ispitcht. Vpright men (hall be affonifhed at, or upon this. Firft,.; At your hard dealing with ,me, at your rigid cell- funs of men your bitter by wordsaiid taunting Proverbs a- gainft me, will certainlycaufe upright ; men, menof a clear udgment andconfcience, to (land aflonied : As if he had faicl, ,It isnot myJingle opinion thatyou have wrongedme, but °A men of integrity will not onlyfay the fame, but be amazedat your dealings with me.: Secondly, At this, that is, At the deliverance which God will give me out of thefe troubles ; thus the fence is made out by thofe who render the forth Verfe as the Prophefe of 0 o o 2 .0bá
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