Chap. 24. An Bxpofition upon the Book of j-OB Yid. 12. 543 upon it. God( fayth he) detb nothing utcomen or blameworthy, cientem al! 11,4 while hefuffars all there things to be done which are not one y un- eau+tads rirVet comely andworthy of blame, boil abcmin.ble,and worthyofthe five- cmßantia. rift poinifhment. Rab Kmhi. Dew nihil ab- Hence obferve. fur,1tsm ant ré Whatfoever goo` dab, he doh it wife!; and juftly. prehonffone d b. nqm apt, Ant God who is wifdome and juftice it felfe, and is to himfeifeand l,.ec amnia ter. all others, the rule ofwifdome and juftice, can no more doe any rniuit. Pifc. thing unwifely, or unjuftly, then he can ceafe to be wifeor juft ; and he cannomore ceafe to be wife or juft, then ceafe to be, for his wifdome is himfelfe, and his Mice is himfelfe. There needs s. no more to be fayd, to acquit anyanion of weaknes or unrighte- oufnes,then to fay,God bath done it. For (as the Apoftle fpcakes, t.Cor. i. 25.) The feolifbneffe of God is wirer then men, and the tveakneffe ofGod fIranger then men; We may fay alto ( and in lay- ing fo, we fay no more then the Apoftle ffyd before)chat,The in- juftice of God, le jufter then men, that is, thofe things which God teemes to doe unjuftly and unrighteoufly : As when he fnffera wicked men to devoure the man that is more righteous then they, this feemes to be an an ofunrighteoufneffe, yet this is jufl:er and more righteous,then the juftice and righteoufneffe ofmen.And if the very nnrighteoufneffe ofGod (that is, what appeares toman as unrighteoufneffe) be righteous; Then how righteous is the righteoufneffeof God ? That I meane which appeares righteouf- nefTe in the eyes ofall men. This reading and fence of thewords, is fafe, and holds out an excellent poynt of truth. That Goddashnothing which id unfavcryor unjufi. Yet our tranflation is both profitable and clearly fuitabl.e to, the context, and therefore I (hall a little infici upon that. Tet God layette not folly to them. As if he had laid, There men doe molt unfavory andfoolifh things, yet God dotio net charge folly upon them. The fence ofthis tranflati- on rifethby foure fleps. Firft, God doth not prefently call evil! seen to an account, or charge their finne upon them: Secondly, Godcloth not prefently puni(h.evill men for their fin.
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