Clap. 20 An Expefition spon the Book of j o B. Verf. I'r. 485. Hc::ce obferve ; Era', That as he who repents truly doth willingly reflorewhat he hash unlawfstll goreen,ro Godwilforce the impenitent opprefor to riflore what he loath gotten whether he wit; or no. As his oppreflion was an ati of violence upon others, fo his reltitu ivn fhall be anaáof violence upon himfelfe. Ooe LYon makes another L on give back his prey all (hall be reflored, ifnot ii;to that particular purfe from whence it was taken, yot into force common purfe. Secondly, Note further ; Jr is a vexation toa wicked man, to part 'with, or reflore that which he bath tenjufirlygotten. He doth it not as a duty, but as ofnecefity, ao a thing Which he cannot avoyd, It is his punifhment not to continue in his finne ; though indeed it is his greateft punifhment to continue in the love of his finne, while he parts with, or rather is fepa rated from thematter ofit. I fhall not here further infiEt upon the natureof this great duty, the reboringofwhat hath beenun- duly gotten. That will fall in more. properly at the 8 verfe ofr this Chapter. Opel}', take notice of this one thing from the Text ; which faith, His hands fball reflore; as implying a punifhment upon the wicked man, not onely in this, that they who have been , wrònged by him fhould recover their goods againe from him, but that he fhould be forced to return them with his ówn hands. As a godly man rejoyceth to.dòe good'with his own hand, fo 'cis paine to a wicked man to doe it ; He would willingly doe every duty by proxy, or by his Deputy, eT'pecially thofe (and fuch is reboring) which charge fhame upon him, for his former doings. Verf. t a. His bones arefull of thefnof hisyouth, which fháll lie downwithhint, in the duff. Tophar feems to retaine the fame order infecting down the punifhment of a wicked man, which God did in theaftlktion of lob ; God fpoiled the outward elate of lob; fiat deftroying his cattelt and his children, and then filled his body with'dif_ ea fix .
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