Chap. 23. AnExp<ftien upon the Eookaf JOB. Verf. I 3. 42.3 He will be as good as his word in the evil) which he bath fpoken againft fanners, as well as in thegood which he hath fpoken con- cerning his fervants (Zech. a. 5. ) Your fathers where are they ? and the Probers doe :key livefor ever ? But my words and myffa- tutes, which I commanded rayfervants the Prophets, did they not take hold ofyour father; ? And they returned faid,lik .oc t;ie Lord ofbolls thought to doe unto us,acccrding to our wayes,and according to cur doings, fo bath h: dealt with t s.That is,his threatnings have arrefted us as Sergeants do a malefac4or, or a debtor,and carrycd us away their prifoners. As if the Lord had laid, Your fathers are dead, andmy Pr ph t ( are dead alto, but the words which try Pro- phets fpike ro yonor f thcrs concerning the fword,famine, & cap- tivity which fhould Chortly come upon them,thefe dreadful pro- phefies dyed not,yea thefe are not yet dead but alive and is force againft you. If we do not to ;e holdofthe preceptivepart e the Law by obedience, the pcenolpart of the Lawwill take hold of to for our difcbedience. Thus the Lord profeffeth (Mal. 3. 5.) And I tzi/I come neare toy'u to judgement, andI will be a fwit witnes again; theforcerere, andaga nft the adulterers,and again; felt freare:s, and againft thole that oppreffe the hireling inhi, wages, the widow, and the fat htrleffe,and that turne afïde thefirangerfrom his right, . andfeare not the faith the Lordofkits, f r 1 am she Lord, I change not. I will certainly be not onely a ?ridge but a wirneff,and shat afwfe o?e, againft inch wicked ones. There is no evading my Judgement, feting I am bothwitneffe and Judge ;. as a witneffe I know all that ye have done, and as a Judge I have power not on 1y tocondemne you, but allo to give youup into the hand of the executioner ; for I am the Lord of Hffs ; I have all the Armges ofheaven and earth at my command and bidding.Thus I will do, andbe ye afsred oï it,that I will do lo fir I am theLord,I change not. Sixthly, God is unchangeable, or ofone mind.in his gifts. ( Rom. c I. 29. ) The t;ifss, and calling: fGod are without repen- tance ; That is, The gifts ofhis eff - &uall calling (ball never be repented of; As they who receivethern,will have no caufe to re- pent(yea theywill have coule to re',oyce in them for ever)foGod who gives them will not repent. He is in one oninde, he will cot alterhis gifts. As `Pilatewhen he was moved to alter bis writing upon the CroffeofChrift, anfwcred, What I have written Ihave srritt enn3
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