3 O Chap, a3. Yin EApefiticn up n the 13ookof JOB. Verf, 2. mycomplaint bitter, myffroake is heavier then my groaning; the pleading follows in the fubfequent parts of theChapter ; theÇun , ofwhich maybe col!ed}ed into this formal Argumentation. Te doe falfe accusehin cf avickedneffe, and hypocrifie, who is ready to pleadhie calif-, and BothFarm ») ly defare that hemay doe it before the throne of 9 d. Bat I ant ready and,doe earnffilydofireto plead my cause before, thn throneof rid. Therefore ye falfely accufeme of wickedlyf le andhypocrifte. The affumption only of this Syliogilme is handled in this Chap- ter fro'n the f coed verfe to the end ; in which .it appeares, that 7,4 wao ready not onely ro difpu:e the,point incontroyerfie with, . his friends, to:, was äaoOEwiiling that the Lord f}houid have the, hearing of it ; for fo he faith, O that I knew where I might finde him, that I might event come to his feate, l wcuid crdrr mycaufe 6e fore him, and fib! my mouth with arguments., That is, Iwould pro- duce loch arguments for my.felfe, and againil my oppofers, as would render m; caule;ufl and innocent beforeGod, bowguilty fever I am found and repre`ented in the opinion ofmen. Thus farre concerning the general! flute of this Chapter, 1 (hall next proceed toexplicate the parts and particulars ofir, Vcrf. i. Then 74anfwered,andfail; Thefe words have occurr'd often before, I (hall not fray upon them. But what laid he ? and howdid he anfwer ? Vert. z..Even to day is my complaint bitter, my firoake is-hear vier then my.groaning. Thus ?o6 begins, This is at.orce his proinge to what he had to .fay, net his Apology for what he had (p<,fìionately) faid alrea- dy. Even ro day, or even this day. The word day is taken either more largely for the time neere at hat-d, or flriclly, for the pre- sent time.. (Pfd. 95.8.) Ta day if ye void heart his voice, harden.. notyour hearts ; That is, Hear his voice this inflant day, andhar- den notyour hearts one day longer. Againe,.(D> sat .4..,8.) what Nation is there rogreat, that hathßnsstes andjudgements fi'righ_ ycc r. as all this law, that Ihavefetbeforeyou this day, or at this prefen,t
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