274 Chap. 22. .án Expojitien upon the Bookef J OB. Vert 28. JOB CHAP. 22. Verf. 28, 2g, 30. Thou(halt alto decree a thing, and it fliall be eflia- blifhedunto thee:and the light fhailthine upon thy wayes. When men are cafl down, then thoulimitfay, There is lifting up : and hefhallPave the humble perfon. He fhall deliver the Ifland ofthe Innocent and it h. délivered by the purenefle of thine hand. IT bath appeared in opening the whole Context(ofwhich this is a part) how elipbaz preffeth 14 with promities, affuring him that not onely good, but great good thoutd accrew to him by his returning to God; and acquainting himfelfe with the All., mighty.And in the foregoing verie.That great benefit was (hew- ed, TheLords hearing the prayer ofPoch as doe fo ; 7 heu 'bait maize thy prayer to him,and be /"hall bear thee, and thou Malt pay thy vowes : Here Çliphaz gives in another excellent promife Thou/ball alto,&c.that is, moreover and betide what I have faid, I adde this, Verf. 28. Thou/halt alfo decree a thing, and it /hall be effab- lifhedunto thee. 1S1 jcidit 7heu Pak decree. The word here tranflated to decree, figni- at cult ¡quit fies properly to divide, to cut afunder. So it is ufed (i Kings 3. divifir. rileta- 25.) when Solomon, gave fentence between the two women that :ettise ¡ir were harlots concerning the living Childe, he faith, `Divide the deer definivit ecrevíompor Childe, my decree is that the Child (hall be divided, Now hence tat hoc vericum by a Trope, the word fignifies allo to decree, to deicide, or to dec,etum cum determine amatter, becaufe in all decrees about or dtrermina- un ¡etatá- Lions ofa Controverfie, there is (as it were) a Cutting off the crone Bret a6 alia, Bold, bufineffe, a laying afide ofone thing, and a flicking to another. When che,whole matter is debated and weighed inCouncel, the n zhe relült and ilue ofall is drawne up and given out in a decree. So that to decree is to divide,or feparate one thing from another, refolving upon that, which we conceive tuft juf,and reafonable. Thole
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