418 Chap. 29, an Expoftion oo»n the Book, of J o a. Vert. a. 1 tirdly, He was full of honour, and crowned with dignity ; he was railed high and lifted up above his brethren: And he gives proofe that he was fo three ways. Fir(, becaufe he fat cheif Magifirate or judge, at the Bch verfe ; when Iwent out to thegate thorny the City ; when 1 pre- pared my feat in thefireet ; that is,whén I fate togive jAgemene between man and man,between caufe and caufe in open Court. Secondly, His honour did appear by the observanceand re- verence which all forts gave him in his place. Some fit upon the throne as earthly Gods, yet have no reali reverence nor retina from men on earth ; but Job had not onlygreat power, and fat in the gate as a Princeover thepeople, but he had reverence and due refped from the people, even from people of all rankes and ages (v.8, 9, to.) The youngmen jaw me,andbid tbernfelves and the aged arofe and floodup. The Trances refrained talking,and did their hand on their mouth .The N tiles held their peace,and their tongue cleaved to the roof oftheir month. All there as of young and old, of the Princes and of the Nobles, carried in them the highefl and freefl fiignifications of refped both co his perfon and authority.. Tñirdly, He (hews the grearnefs of his honour, by thegene= rat content which all took in him, and by the teflìmony which they gave him ; all readily fubfcribing to what he faid or did, as jufl and good (v. a t .) When the ear beard me, then it bleffedme ; and when the eye jaw me, it gavewitnefs to me, Here was a Ma- giftrate honoured indeed. What can be faid more of or done more to the man, whom either God or men delight to honour, then was faid of this man , and done unto him ? job having (hewed the profperity of his Rate from the multi- tude of his children, the aboundance of hisriches, and the great- nefs of his honour,proceeds in the third place, to clear the righce- oufnefs of his actions while he continued in that high eflate of honour, and this he doth two ways. Firfl, By the ready help and redrefs of wrongs, which they who were oppreffed and helplefs found at his hand. Job received not this honour for nought ; the people did not worthipan Idol, nor flatter himwith forged commendations, they law reafon for all they did (v. 12,13, 14, 15, 16.) Becaufe l delivered thee poor ibai-crjtd, and the fatberlefs, and him that hadneneto help him, the-
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