4t Chap. 24: Verf j; . , .t JOB, C U A P. 24. Verf. 1. WhyPeeing time's are not hidden from the Almighty, doe they that knoro him not fee his layes ? Adpr`pci ' HisChapter containeth the fecond part of lobs anfwer,. §a jlionern re- :, to Flipáaz: the generali (cope whereof, is to pull up Pa g t ßoÌ thefoundation of his friends fufpition of him,and dif- bus,rurtunr firman;, deuet pute againft him, fhewing that manymen doe much tam to afjcrtu"r,- evill in th's life,who fuller none,and that many who are innocent, p'"' `um fuller much evil!, and ere not relieved : from both heconcludeth, inprme:Au fee- ïerarif,n n p1. that the fuffering ofevill can be no concluding argument that a- is,n foyer, fedny man is fo ; for then it mull be fo with all men, which molt y'e err, occulta mens experience contradi teth. qu'darnrarione, Só that here ¡o'b falls downe-right upon the poynt in debate, toms tp¡e uni affircuin what he had often affirmedbefore, that God both in ren:or:b:a a. g ' tore. BoL: afférting the innocency of the righteous,and in punifhing the fins of the wicked,ufeth much variety; and that his proceedings with the fons ofmen, are fo farre from being alwayes open and plain, that ufually they are very fecret,corcealed, and fo much in the dense, that there is no print ofhis ('ceps to he found. This feemes to be the defigne and tendency of the whole Chapter ; and the argument of it may be formed thus ; Te,my friends have faid,that godpunifheth all evil! doers in thie life;Peeing then he knoweth the length and continuancerf their dayes in this world,why deth heyetfuffer them to flip out of this world ten. punifhed. And if they are fofroquently punij7 ed in this world (as ye affirme) r why doe not they who knowGodfee it, and take rtctice Of it? But fo it ie, that many wickedmen flip out of the world unpuni- fhed, and the godly who know him doe not fee judgement executed, therefore farely it is nit the way ofClod prefently in this lofe to pu"nifle everyoffender; nor canje concluded that they who areaffliftedare wicked,
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