3 Chap. 23 . AnExpofition upon the Book of JOB. Cogao'cvn I a The Septuagint render it thus ; I would know the healing' ovhick oaf-, Gnef u . he would fpeak,to me ; or as another, what medicine or way ofcure &.;) i he woslldprajcribe andadmini/i'er to me , and this might refpe8 í Qarn 7,hi ! - eitherthe quieting ofhis Spirit, or the repayring ofhis credit and brGn;; cúra i - good name, which had been forely and deeply wounded by his nê adh birxri c friends, not only fufpe&ing but charging him as an hypocriteor ei er in,ed+ge' wickedman. This is a fayre fence, only it ftraitens theText ; aria. Chryfoil. for we may fuppofe 79b in this addreffe and application toGod ready to hear whatfoever God fhould fay urto him, whether his were wordsofapprobationor reproof,whether for him oragainst him. Though yob had (doubt& ffe)a f#rorg confidence,that God would approveof him and give fentence on his fide, yet confide - ringhis owne weakneffes and diflempers ofminde, he might well conceive that fome things had fallen from him or been done by him which might deferve and call for chidirgs and rebukes, as the iffue indeed was. And therefore it was molt congruous that he fhould prefent himfelf before the Lord in a frame of heart to re- ceive reprehenfions as well as confolations. Iwould know the words that he would an/wer me, andunderhand, &c. Knowing and underfianding, may be taken here two wayes; Fitt, for Confidering and weighing what God would fay, or what Awardhe would make ; In which he kerns clofely to check his friends,who thought him fo dull and incapable, that furely he did not apprehendnor underhand their anfwers.Well(faith ?ob) whatfoever you thinkofmy dulneffe tounderRand your anfwers, or what you have Paid, yet 1 doubt not but I fhall underhand the anfwers of God, or what he fhall fay untome. Secondly, They note a reverence and refpe& to the wordof God ; I would know the wordsthat he wouldan/u,er;that is, fubmit to them, I would not oppofe the Judgement or Opinion of God concerning me. Though yob did not fit down oracquieffe in the Judgement ofhis friends, yet he would reverence and fit downe quietly in the judgementofGod, and in the anfwer which he fhouldpleafe to give,In either of there interpretations, the fence is good. Iwouldknow; that is, I wouldRudy to find out the mind of God, and underhand what he faith to me, and then reverently fubmit thereunto. Further, This forme of fpeaking, Iwould know the words,and Iwouldunderfland,&c.feemeth to imply avehement define in yob to
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