6552 Chap. 24. An Expo/don up n theBeekof JOB. Verf. 23, them that dealt treacheronjtr, and bolde/1 thy tongue, when the vie- ked devanretb the man that is more righteous then he ? As if he had fayd, Lord, I know thou beholde(t all the Evil! in the world, and art ofpurer eyes then to behold it with any delight or approba- tion. N.rw Peeing it is fo, why then doef thou lo. ke on them that deale rescherenjlj ? In the former part of the verfe he fayd, Thou ca=f nat hole on iniquity, and in the latter he faith, why daft thus lo-oltr.oz them that dealt. treacheronjly ? There is a twofold looke ofGod ! Fisft, (as was toucht before) a looke of approbation; fecondly, a looke of patience. And fo the meaning ofthe Pro- phet is,feeir g,QLord,thon canft not looke upon fin approvingly, why doeft thou looke upon it patiently ? And holdeft the tongue when the we/addevours the righteous. As if he had fayd,How is it (Lord) that thou doeft not betake forth into the fevereft rebukes egainft them ? How is it that they havenot fo much (to appear- ance ) as a frowne or an III word from thee, whohave deferved blowes and utter breakings? Indeed ifGod had but the patience ofall Creatures, had he but the patience ofmen and Angels, the fin ofman would fpend it out in one day:Godcouldnot hold his tongue nor his hand an houre, Confidering that heclearelydif- cerneth all the wickednes that is in the wayes of men, and that every the legit unevennefTe as well as wickednes is estreamly dif- pleating to him, werenot his Infinite patience; God could not hold but deftroy all the wicked of theworld, or all that world which lyeth in wickednes, were it not that. he is refolvcd`te magnifie his patience. And though for reasons knowne to him- klfe, bee beares with thofe that are burdenfome to him very long, not only many dayes but yeares, yet the time is at band when he will bring themto Judgement, and Judge them accord- ing to thofe wayes uponwhich his eyes have been. Then the wic- kedJhaßfind. that as the eyes of godhave been upon all their wages, /,e that be bathnot at all, sr not in the lea,, been pleated withan, of the,.
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