Chap. 24. An ExpofLion upon the Book of J OB. Veri 12. 547 Though he layeth their fin to them, yet he Both not lay it to them in the folly ofit, or as it is their folly. He Both only touch themwith his little finger, while it might be thought he would breake themwith his iron rod. He doth but chafhfe them with whips, while their fin calls for fcorpions. The time will come, whenGod will lay folly to every wicked man,and make their fin appeare, in the punifhment of it, what now it is in the nature of ir, out of meafure finfull.Every impenitent finner (hail then find that his in is folly, that is, that his fin is very great. . Yet a late learnedExpofiter upon thisBook, conceives, that the fence is abated and diminifhed in the wordfolly, as ifit were, a termof extenuation; God doth not lay folly, that is, the leaf' fin to them ; he doth not fo much ascharge them to have done irra- fed eh°4lco tionally, vainly,=childlifhly, or unhandfomely hedoth not onely guide n aar fa not deal with them as if they had finned hainoufly, but he doth Fa iite;iida e%7 not deale with them as if theyhad done foolifhly. But whether ii441.' ilü, ime we take the word Folly, as implying the greatnefsor the littlenefs purat Coe: of their finne; whether we expound it as a terme ofdiminution, or ofaggravation, the fence of the text is not altered : in which lob intends onely to fhew thatthough men have done very wick- edly, yet God doth not prefently render to them according to what they have done. This is true in the firff fence ofthe word, if God doe not lay folly to them, as it lignifies a great fin, and this is much more true, if God doe not lay folly to them in the fecond fence, as it ignifies a little fïn.And this fence of this latter ciaufe ofthe verfecorrefponds fully, with thegenerall fcope of the Chapter, andofthe whole Booke, For ?oh argues with his friends thus ; To charge me with f lly and wickednrff:, bec,aufe I Infer, yet God /offers the wicked anddoth not charge themwith fully. Laltlye I ,fhall onely reprefent another tranflation of thefe Et tame,' injul., words, which keepes (iri&ly to the Hebrew ; in which thole jtatem non de- words, To them (as we render ir) are not found, but fupplyed. fgnat deus.Jan And then the text runs onely thus ; And yet Goddoth not lay'ss firmá i none folly , that is, finch things a4are unccmely, vaine, andfor, liJh: As if lnir ram pravá lob had laid ; Though I have made report to yen ofall there opprif admini(fratio- fave wales of wicked men, yet I affu'reyou, God xsillnot fuffer thefe nem ; qua iáeo evill adminiflrations to continue andbe ofablilbed; but will at laf infulfiratir no-. ¿'tare heir witne f s againfi them , and eminently fhew bit utter diflue mine perpnngi. rut, yuianec A a a a 2. rf cito net horini-
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