Chap. 23. ,,4n Expo/laion upon the Book of j OB. Verf. 4. 3 3 r Juftice and righteoulneffe is become his friend. Some who have bidCaufes, yet come unto the Throne ofmanboldly, becaufe theyknow theJudge is madefor thembya'bribe, and fo will give fentence on their fide,be it right or wrong. Saints know that the Judge is madefor them, but made in a holy manner, nor with bale bribery to blinde his eyes to pervert ;uftice, but he hath received an atonement, he is appeas'd and fati,fied by a Mediator at his owne appointment. If God should fearch the belt ofSaints nar- rowly,they mutt needs fall in judgement,yet they know they fhall hand in judgement, bccaufe the Judge is reconciled to them by Chrift yea Chrift who made the Atonement, and is the reconci- ler, is the Judge, thisencourageth Saints to come to God ; For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death ofhis Son, muchmore being reconciled teefball dePaved by bis life (Rom. 5. ro.) The cafe ftanding thus with beleevers, who fterh not ground for their appeale from the judgement,either ofopen ene- mies, or (as lob did) mistakenFriends; O that Imight come even to bisfeat. In the twonext verfes, lob tells us what he would doe if his ap- peale weregranted and himfelfeadmitted to the feateof God. Verf. 4. Iwould order my Caufebefore him, and fillmymouth with arguments. Verf. 5. Iwould know the words which he would anfwer me,and underhand what be would fay unto me. Thus he defcribeshis intended behaviour beforehis Judge, in allufion to legal! proceedings,where the Pianti f brings inhis bill. and the Defendant his anfwer. 1 would order my Castle before him. The Hebrew word which we tranflate to order, is a military ï -Itt of tnif_ terme, properly ufed for the orderingofan Army, or the putting tareverbum of them into a pollute for a battell, we call it May/hailing an Ar- a'q; draft,, de my. And hence it is applyed to the orderingof any other thingaCie yagene ac (Pfal. 23. 5.) Thou wilt prepare arable for me in the midff ofdim dájo- mine enemies, to order a Table is to fet difh by difh, there is anuntur, kindeofinethod in fetting dishes at great feasts ; Theo wilt pre- U u z pare
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