Chap. Expofitiox upon the Bookof Jo a. Verf.7. 647 JOB, Chap. 21. Verf. 7, 8, 9, ro. wherefore doe the wicked live,become old, yea,are migh. tie in power ? á heir feed is eflablifhed in theirfight with them, and their off fpring before their eyes. 'Thet thoufes are fafe from feare, neither is the rodof God upon them. Their baldgendreth and faaleth not, their cow calveth, andcafieth not her calfe. 0B having finned his Preface , proceeds to refutation, which he grounds not onely upon reafon, but (and that chiefly in this place) upon experience, teaching ,his friends by their fence, and bidding them asktheir owne eyes, whether he didnot (peak truth,and ehemfelves an errour. Verf. 7. Wherefore doe the wicked live, become old, yea are mightie inpower ? As ifhe had faid ; The youfeeall or many wickedmen in an of ifted eftaÉe I why then have you thus concluded again,fi me that Jamwicked, becaufe afflitted? The whole context ofthe (even verfes next enluing; are a continued defcriptionofthe wicked mans prolperitie. His profperitie is defcribed, Trirtf, What it is in life, or while he liveth. Secondly, What it is when he is dying, or in themanner of his death. The profperitie ofhis life may be confidered, eyther, as to his perfon, or as to his relations. His perfonall profperitie is described, verf. 7. His profperitie in relations is defcribrd, l4irlf, In his children, (verf 8.) Secondly, Inhis whole fa- m;ly, or in all within doores, (tierf.9,) Thirdly, In his car. tell or fnbftance without doores,( verf io.) And all this out- ward profperitie is height-ned by the joy, mirth, and gladneffe withwhich he andhis abound,while he ab,aundeth in thefe out- ward enjoyments; They fendforth their little-enes like aflocks, and
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