704 Chap. 25: AnExpofitionupon the Boob of JOB. Verf.4, fayd, /knew that 1fha1lbe jroiliftsd, his meaning was,I (hall be ju. Rifled, in this cafe, in this buifines, I (hall cot be raft as anhypo. cite (for he alwayes ftood upon and ft;ffelymaintained his irate, grity) or I knew I (hall be juftifted in this opinion which I con. dandy maintaine; That a righteous minmay be greatly attiieted by God, while its the meane time he fpareth the unrighteous and the firmer. A rsanmay havemuch to juftifle him idle by before God, as to a controverfie between hirn and man ; buc he h nothing at all to jufi,fie himfelfe by as to his Rate towards God. Againe , Asthefe words are referred to ?ohs complaint ofthe fererity ofGodsdealings wichhin. Obferve. Wbofoewer complaints of the d:ietifarions of god towards km, Cannot be jpff:fi d in it. Thu.: the levees of old complained (E .lt, 18. 25 ) refay the may ofthe Lord is not (peal!. But wets .he ?uft'f7, d in this com. plaint, with God ? How doch the Lord expottulate with them, in the next words Heart O b.:uf e of 1¡rael, ii not my say Equal! ? isnot your way toyquail ? As if hehad fat d ; All the ineq,'alisy is on your part,there is none on mme.The wayes of God how hard and grievous foever they may be (as they were towards lob ) yet uncquall or unrighteous they can never be. The ufuall dealings of Godwith as are full ofmercy ,& his fevereft dealings with us have no want of Juftice. How then can man be yufipedwith god ? Or bow then can lee be clean that is borne ofa woman ? Here's another goefîion of the fame tenour, and in the rsth Chap: ver: r4 h, Eliphax, fpake almoft in the fame termes, What äs man that beAluld be clean ? and bee that is borne of a Woman tbat bee f u/dbe rightecus ? 7.4s friends beate often upon this poynt, vehemently tufpecâing that he did overweene his owns condition,,and thought too highly ofhimfelfe. Whereas 74did not oneiy freely and ir,genior fly, but with a great c`eale ofholy rhetorique and eh gar,cv conteffe agaonfl hire elfe againe and a- gaine, that he neither was norcould be cleane before God 3 One- ly hewould not admit their plea agarnft him, that he tuffcred for Lis uncleaLencs, or that he was unclean becaufe he suffered. Ivlafter
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