474 Chap. 17. An Expojtion upon the Bookóf J O B. Verf. S. Interpreters calls him the Enemy; The innocent fhallftirr np mu,filer htrrtfelfagainft his Enemy; or againfl his oppofite : And who ¡mimicumcon. -it thlt? but the wicked man'under` what Motion foever we furgetolyrP 'puthini;Thetingle - tettnes thus'cleared, -fall yet under a 'different fenfe; as joyned together. Firfl, Some conceive that Job makesan apology, or an ex- suam arat;or cute for himfell in thofe words why heexpreft fo much paf new paítto in fïon, and tfeth.fuch fharpnefs offpeech towards his Friends;; citatiorem ex" rvfar,q.d. quid As ifhe had faid,Blame me notfor doing it, things are carried aiirumme to fo as upright men may be aftonied,fo it would make a wife man loqui cum res inad,anda weakman furious,a verypelt would lue awakenedand spfa tam indig furred, at what myfriends have again and again preffed upon rafts? Pined - 'me therefore pardon my pion, and (ifyeu will call itfo) my impatience.- Secondly, Mailer Reza expoiìnds Ph aiming at a good Nun tarerad rem tan man in greattroubles miftaken for an Hypocrite, by thofe fa pieutespram whoare good;he reprefents him (peaking thus,/ am not igno arqueadeo in rant that not only ordinary andcommon men,but even the wife ejufmadi c.sfu and the upright will be troubled andaftonied at my fufferings:, intsrdumin- and thatfometimes(in fuch a cafe as mine is) innocent men will fonts adverfus ftirr up,or fet themfelves again(t him that is thus tt illyd, (as if eor quifie of ,fliguntur, ran he were an hyporrite:When Godputsa difguife of great trou- quam adverfus bles upon his faithful Servants, they who are faithful will bypocritattore fcarce own them;.theyare ready tonumber them among E. cover'. Bcx. nemies,as leall todoubt very much (as they did about Paul upon another account,Alt 9 26. ) whether he beaFriend,or a Difciple. Aft äions have made the fincere appear as hypo- crites in the opinion of thole who are fincere. Yndigrabi:ur A third m.kcs this the ground of the innocents mans guar- contra bypocri. rei againtl the hypocrit, why doth he fir up himfelf, and tamFading engage againli him ? Why ishe fo angry with the hypocrite? ca!amitatestri Evenbecaufe he fees the hypocrite foolifhly condemning the buitpeccatis. godly as wicked,becaufe they are affli&ed, or afcribing their Cajet. calamities meerly to their fens. Excitabirfe Fourthly, Thus, the innocent (hallfair up bimfelf, that is, contra impiun his fpirit (hall be troubled at the hypocrite, or wicked man .florenrem (CP' whom he fees in a flourifhing condition;fo we may expound falicem,quod it by that caution which Davidgives (Pfal. 37, a.) Fret not vroe et i11ume thy el becaufe ofevil doers neither be thou envious againfi the non reripere Y f fI f f g tignapeceati:. workers ofinitfuity; Good men have been much moved and fretted
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