Chap. 20> In Expofition ripen the Boo o f J O a. Verf I. 439, Jo Chap, /0, Vcrf. 1,2, 3,495! Then anfiv, r d Zophar the Naamatbite, andPaid, Th: refore doe they thoughts' cauje me to anfzvcr, and for this .1 make halle. .Zhave heard thecheckofmy reproach, and thefpirit of my uaderjlandtngcaujethme to anJmer. Kno veil bon not this opold, ¡nce man was placed upon. earth. fhat the triumphing ofthe snicked is f ort, and t hejoy of the hypocrite butfir a moment. OP HAR, no-whit moved with the mi. feries, nor with the crye's of`fob, not at all tatisfied with the ferious confeffion which he made ofhisown faith,nor terri fied with the ¡evert threats of the fword of God egainft them,proceeds inhis turn a,d time io charge 7,;6 afre(h with un- godlines, and that by an eligant deicrip- tiòn of the fudden and dread ull downfall ofungodly men. For the clearing of thewho'e Chapter we may confider. i . The fummeofwhat he here delivers, or his argument, 2. His fcope. 3. Theparts into whichwe may divide his anfwer. The fumme or argument whichhe handkth is this, and he is onely in this to teach and informe us, that wicked men enjoy hut a very uncertaine eîtate, how high and glorious foever they appeare in this world. And.that after a fhort time of pleafure, they are ca(t downe and perifh for ever. His fcope or aime in holding out this domine, is to con- vince:
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