Chap. 29. au Expofitionupon theBook.ofJ o a. Verf.8. 48 t theMagilurate oppreffeth them ; but if there be no ruling, every one will beanoppreffour. The people are ready to fay, if op- prefling Magilirates werebut outed, we fhould have liberty and freedome. But they will find a thoufand opprcfors for one, when they have noMagitirate.Therefore the Lord in abundant goodnefs as well as wifdome, hath appoynted Magiflrates to go,as job did, out to theGate thorow the City. As in this verfe f ob bath Paid enough to Chew that he was a Magifirate, fo in the next and feveral verfes following, he faith as much to Chew what.refpeol he hadbeing a Magiflrate. Some who are in power, havemuch fear, but little loveand affectionate:re- fpe&among the people : But as yob wasas aman in power, fo he had abundanceof love, and was refpected as well as feared, both by young and old. Verf. 8. The young men fawme and hid rhernfelves, and the aged arofe andflood up. Youngmen and old men include all men,though itbe true that fume men areneither young nor old, but as we fay, middle-aged. Andxi young and old carryall men, fo chofe actions of the one fort hiding themfelves, andof the other riling up atobs appea- rance, or coming inplace, Lignifie all kind of refpeCt both to has perfon and office. The young menFaso me and bid themfelves, &c. The word notes the younger of any fort, thefe law me paffe thorow the (freer, going to the Seat of . Judgment ; and fee how theywere affected prefently they hid themfclves.But whatwas the matter ? Was job fuch a terribleman,a manoffo muchfeveri ty,that the youngmen durfl not look uponhim, but hid themfelves as foon as they lawhim ? Is any man truely honoured when he is thus feared ? I anfwer, ThisaCtionof hiding our felves is noted in. Scripture to arife three .wayes. Fir[l, From¡fhame, mixed with fear`( Gen. 3. 8.) whenGod came in the cookof the day, to queflion Adam after hehad fin- ned in eating the forbidden fruit ; He and his wife hearing the voyce,ofthe Lordwalking in the:Garden, hid themfel2re.t from the profenceoftbeLordesmo»g theTrees of thegarden.Whcncewas this Qq q hiding?
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