Chap. 29. an Expofition upon the Book ofJ o B. Vert. 7. gate, but is declared or pronounced in the bate. To lye at the gate, notes only a readinefs to come in, or the neernefs of judgement ; like that (lames 5. 9.) Grudge not one againfi ano- ther, brethren,leftye be condemned ; behold, the Judge flandetb be- fore the door ; That as he fpake in the former verles, The com- ing of the Lord drawetb nigh. The Judge ¡landed' a whilebefore the door, but at (aft he ficteth down in the gate. When Iwent ow to thegate thorow the City : When 1 prepared myfeat in the!hat,. That is, when Igave order tohave my feat prepared and fee up in the ftreet ; he did not fet it up with his own hands, that's no bufinefs for Magiltrates, they are not for fervile works. As 'cis not the bufinefs of the Commander of an Army to hew out his way with his own hands, he only givesorder and dire&ions; if he doth but appear in perfon where danger is, that's enough for him, though he never ftrikeRroak himfelf o fo here, I prepa- redmy feat, that is, I commanded tohave it prepared : what was this feat ? There are two opinions about it; the Greeks underftand it of that feat fooken of by Chril (Math. 23. 2.) The Scribes and Pharifeesfit in ofesfeat, that is, in the feat of inftru&ion and do&rine, they reach the things and wayes of God. They were the great D',&>rs and Mailers in Ifrael; they were (at leafi in their over opinion) as the Apoíile fpeaks (Rom. 2. 19, 20.) Gaïde. o`thohlind.a light of them which were indarknefs, inffrutç- cra the teachers of babes. I grant that as Job was a Ma- gi r in he alto was an Infitu ter of the people in the miflery Iie£iè ur¢ieua of go l,.n. sr, both whichduties were often complicated in the projudf iaria f1no p -rfor ;yet the fcope of the place carrieth it rather tobe un- fella out pre rea do r o a of the feat ofJudicature,or Throne,where he and othersgall fallo; nor* °n b, ar miles and determine controverfits among the peo- ludirumprinti- pk, ri IS the poiiure of Jùdges and Princes,as toRand is the pumvè fedeie po"s: of chofe who are judged. The Judge fits upon the bench, eflJ ut «n cant t' w ,.oner,the complainant and defendant Rand at or about the oaudiansfta. Such was the feat which Job prepared for himfelf in tbM re, Pined,- 471 t, o - word which we tratflate flreet,. frgnifieth a broadplace; .he judgement feat was not in the very paffage of the gate, but.
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