440 Chap. zo. An Expofätion upon the Bookof j o a, Ver(, r, 2 vince rob, that he was jufily eenfured anddealt with by them as a wicked man, becaufeGod dealt with him, as with a wicked man. Thehigh profperity in which he formerly lived, being vanifhed as a dreame, his light turned to darkneffe, and all his joy wrapt up in forrow; As ifhe had laid The change which thou haft had in thyoutward f atefaith to ou that thy heart is not changed. If thy converfation hadnot continuedbad, thy condition had Continuedgood. Theparts of his anfwer are three; 1. A fhort exordium in the fecond and third Verfes. z. A long narration from the third Verfe to the end of the twenty-eight. 3. Wehave a quick and cutting conclufion in the clofeof the Chapter ; This is the portion ofa wickedmanfromGod, and the heritage appointed to him by God. Verf. i. Then anfweredZephar the Naamathite, andfaid ; Vert.. z. Therefore doe my thoughts caufeme toanfwer, andfor this doe Imake hafte. PT4Hefe words are apart ofhis Preface, wherein he moveth I for attention ; . And he doth it from a kind of neceflity that lay uponhim to fpeake, from whence he would inferre, that it was furely.a dutyin ?ob tohear ; When Paul laid, A ne- cejtie is laidupon me topreach the Çofpel, he implyed, a necef- f ty in others to heare the Gofpel preached. Thereforenow, and for this., &c. What doth this referre to ? Wemaygive-it threewayes. 'riff', Upon the whole matter, as ifhe had faid ; I having well weighedand confadered the tenorofthy di/eaurfeupon this great point of .gods dealingwith man, and feeing how erronews thou art in thy apprehenfions about it, thereforedoe my thoughtscaufe me to anfwer. Secondly, And more principally, therefore, that is, becaufe of what thou fpakeft at the doleofthy lati difcourfe;threatning us with the fword ; Beyeafraidofthe f word,for wrath bringeth the punifhmentofthe(ward, Therefore domy thoughts caufeme to an- fwer:as if Zophar had faid;Toufpeakterriby to ue.you have threa- tnedíte with the(word, andhave brandifhedor waved it before our eyes,
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