Chap. 23. do Expoftionupon the Bookof JO B. Vert 7. let them fceke and findewhat they can,be they fins againft God or man, he they fins ofomillion orcommifiìon, be they fins ne- ver fo much aggravatedor tadly circumßantiated,though againft both light and love., yet they will not doe againft a personElea and Juftified. whoAall lay any thing to the chargeofGods Elrcî ? wipes away all charges. Accufed they may be, though uftified, but condemned they cannot be, beccufe juitified. The heft of Saints on earth have much in them, and much is done by then, whichmight bematter of chargeagainft them (for he that faith, he bath no fin in him, bath indeed no truth in him, i yob,:1.8.) but JuftifyingGrace is their full difcharge. A gaine, As the word 7sndge, is expounded univerfally, for all chofe that did of might accule lob. Obferve ; The beft and met righteous on earth, meet with many barfl ac- cujers and hard 7codges. 'David had thofe who layd to his charge things that he knew not (P¡al 35. 11.) The ?ewes returned from Babylon to build their City and Temple, were charged withfeditioe; feremie was charged with treaton ; Panl was called, apef ulent fellow; and the primitive Chriftianswere generally loaded with fl.snders by the Heathen. Mifreport and repro^ are the portionofSaints from the world. And how fadly ob was charged all along by his friends, and how feverely cet}lured, bath appeared every where in this Booke, efpccially in the former Chapter (vrr. 5, 6, 7. ) Isnot thy wickedneffe great, and ,'!Dine iniquitieí infi cite ? for ta.,te haft taken a pledgefrom thy brct eyfor nought, and'hipped the na- kedof their cloathing.&c. Had not 7-oh reafon to looke upon is as a great mercy to bedeliveredfrom fuck a Judge. And bath not everyGodly man reafon to make Davids choyce (2 Sam. 24. 14.) Let mefall into the hand of the Lord ( for hio m rcies are great) and let me not fall into the hand ofmen. Now as mere are for the ma part over-fevere executioners ofGods fentence, fo they are uually over-fevere Judges in giving their owne whether fenceor fen;enceconcerning others. And therefore lobs faith did prophecy this good to himfelfe,That God havingheard him and judged him, hefhould be deliveredfor everfrom (man) his Ytske. And let this be the comfort of the righteous who ate oppreffed with 357
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