Chap. J 9. 'a!n E'xpofttion upon the Took_ of ,j o B. Verf. 29. Hence obferve ; Firft, Man is not eafily perfwaded that God willjudgehim,tbat yudt: menu are coming, or that Chriff willcome to judgement. Though lob's friends were (in the maine) holy, andgood men, yet he fpeaks ofthemas very infenfible oftheir liableneffe to this judgement. The wicked (Ifa. 28. 15.) make a Covenant withdeath, and with hell they are at an agreement ; There is no perfwading of them that judgement (hall overtakethem:though all the world be over. flowed with a deluge, yet they hope to Ltand dry; when the over-flowing - fcourgeIballpaffe through, it Jhall not come unto ur ; for we have made lies our refuge, andun- derfalfhood have we hid ourfelves, But will anymanknowingly make lies his refuge, or fecure himfelfby falfhood ? I anfwer. Firft, Somewill. The lyes and falfhood, the fubtlety and guile which they haveufed or refolve to ufe, is that which they truft to, they live by their wits and (hilts, and fo they hope to make an efcape from death and danger. But fecondly, Iconceive the Prophet reprefents thefe men fcoffingly fpeaking the opinion which other, efpecially the holy Prophets hadofall the plots and proje ts, ofall the helpes and meanes, which they had prepared fortheir (heiter in that rainy day fore-threatened ; As ifthey had faid, We knotr ve- ry well that you call all thefe ( our outward ftrengths, and fe- cret pollicies, yea our Gods whom you blafpheme for Idols; all thefe you call) lies and falfhood, well, let them be fo, yet we will venture our felves upon their fidelity, not doubtingbut that theover- flowing fcourge will have nothing todoe with us, though others areundone by it. A man that pleafeth himfelfe in doing evil!, cannot eafily believe that he (hall fuffer evill for doing it. And though the heart cannot put offtheterror ofpre= tent Judgements, yet it will of future judgement. We are unwilling to know that, which checks us in that which we are willing to doe. Secondly , Obferve ; They whodoe not aEit according to common Principles; may ¡et Paidnot to know them. lob fpeaks to his friends, who were not ignorant.that there K oult_ 433
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