414 Chap. t9, An Expofition upon the Bookof J o B. Verf. 213. 3f b nïbit aliud vu! t .dice; e gm011 veritdrern a isare fua (fa e,rtlarn auterr.t eleganti peri- yhr.fa wear ra dicern verbi. lilendatium e arim cum nibil tit, illuçá vere verbntndici de- bet, quod in ve- ritarefwndatur. Bold. ixsireiTstot, Cor:4.I 3.) and therefore f peake. when once with theheart man beleeveth unto rightecstfneffe then ( prefently) with the mouth con- fefon is made unto falvation (Rom.1o. i o. )'So that yob having made fuch an excellent confeffion with his mouth in the former words, here he would have his friends know, that he did not fpeake by rote,hut by the roote of the matter which.was in him ; He beleeved with his heart,and therefore they fhould take heed, how they didoppofe or perfecutehim, he being a true beleever. As if he had further laid ; This profeffion ofmyfaith, 'buildmove you to bethinkeyourfelvesbetter then toperfecute mee ; for though you may finde me afanner, yetyou may finde that inme alfo, which doth interefl me in the Redeemers love, who takes awayfinde. I am rooted in the Redeemer by faith, and throughhisfirength I have walked in mine integritie, I have not fpoken thefe things,in a vaine fouri/b or ofientationofmyfelfe, but as an evidence of thegrace of God in me,from whenceatfrom a roote,I bringforth not leaves and blcf fames enely, but Ihave myfruit in bolines, waitingfor the end, Sverlading life. Secondly, By the root ofthe matter we may underftand his finceritie, or theuprightnefe of his heart. The teftimony which God gave offiim was, Aman perfetl and upright ; and his owne heart gave him that teftimony alto ; As he profeffed faith in the Redeemer,fohe loved him in fincerity.Hehad as the Apoftle Pe- ter phrafeth it( Ep.3.21.)The anfwer ofagood confcience in him- felfe, as well as a good anfwer inhis mouth to them. He whole confcience makes a good anfwer to himfelfe , can anfwer any man. As if lob had laid ; whenmy confcience as me thequeflion, what Iam, and what I hope for ? Icangive it agood anfwer, and therefore I can eaft.ly anfweryon,&youAmid n t eafily trouble me. And indeed when once a man can anfwer himfelfe bonefily,he may anfirer all the world boldly. Sinceritie is the roote of the matter in every godly tran. Andhe who is upright inwhat he fayth and doth, needs not trouble himfelfe what others fay of him, or doe againft him. Men may (as we fpeake proverbially) call their caps at him that is upright, they cannot much hurt him ; re íhouldfay,whydoe we perfecute him? (what can ye gaineby it , or what can I loofe by it) feeing the roote ofthe matter is in me. Ourannotations glof a it thus ; tjods proraifes are rooted in my heart,andtrue pietie isfound there ( both parts fall in with , or fill gyp
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