Chap.19.. An Expofstion upon the Book ef J O B. Verf. t. A44$14: t: ACI,tfç:4.-t, ®m: .r ;,.s . ,,,; II ;--+. JOB 19. VERS 1, 2, 3e Then yob anfz er.'dand fans t Holt long t >lil ye' vex my f e t!, and bre.alt me in pieces with, words Thefe ten times haveye reproached me 4 yte ave not af/..inted that-ye makeyour /elvesfirange to tree. I L 'DAD'S "flarp reproof of7obinthe former Chapter, procureshim a (harp reply in this from lob ; whofe whole difcourfe declares him the object.ofmans pities and God the objets ofhis faith ; the fum ofhis. anfiwer to Bildad,is to (hew how hardly ( yea as he thought how inhumanely) he had hithertobeen dealt with ; and that up- a foure-fold confideration. Firft, As he was afflicted. Secondly, As he was their friend. Thirdly, As he was innocent, not confcious to himfelfe of any evill that he had wilfully committed againft God, or of any wrong done to man. Fourthly, That they ufed him thus unkindly while he pro- feffed full hope in God, notwithitanding all the calam ties which God was pleafed to lay upon him. There are three parts ofthe Chapter ; in the frft he very ac- curately and tragically ( as forte expreffe it ,) amplifieth bis owne fad citate, and this is carried on from the beginning . of the Chapter to the twenty-thirdverfe. Secondly he holdeth firth, and maintaineth his own in- tegritie,.both by a vehement defire, and an al%red hopeof his . refitrreftion and appearance before God at the tryall of the lait judgement :verf z4=,í5,26,a7: . f Thirdly, t77
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