504. Chap.*. An Expofition upon the Book of j o B. Verf.ia. Secondly, There is a blefaing by way of devotion or well wish- ing and thus without contradi&ion, thegreater may be bleedof the lefft. The meanefi fubje&may with well to his Lord, and pray for his fucceffe and profperity. So here, they bleed me, that is, they wifhed me well, or did pray fora bleffing opon me. The latter claufc is of the fame fence, When the eye farome, it gavewitnefe to me; thatis, is gave me a good repert. There is twofold witnefs- giving ; firfi, againfi a man ; fecondly, for him. job had no witneifesagainfi him, but he had (lore of witnef es for him ; all gave him their good word, their tcfiimony,So that,it is as much as to fay, I was by the pe blick content andgeneral vote sf all reputed a)ufl governour ; all agreed that I had decreed and a &ed rightcorafly towards all men. The witneffe which Chrifi re- ceived from the people was but fuch another, though Chrift de- ferved infinitely better (Marks 37.) Be bath done all things well ; be maketh both the deaf to hear, and the Iamb tofreak. Indeed job did all things fowell, that though he did no miracles in natural things,yet he did that which was very like the miracles of Chrifi in civils, as he faith (verf. i 3,1 5.) I made the widdows heart (who was even dumb with sorrow) fingfor jay ; 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was Ito the lame. These were marveilous, if not miraculous works of jufiice ; and no wonder, when he was eyes to them that could not fee, to hear him fay, when the eye faro me, itgavewitnefs to me. And therefore, If we confider this verfe with the caufal particle, which begins the next (I (hall meddle no 'further with that verle at prefent ) The care which heardme blefed me, and the eye whichfaro me gave witnefs to me ; becauseI delivered the pocr that cryed, and the fa- therlefs, and him that had none to help him ; If I fay, we confider this verfe with that caufal particle, we maybe fufficiently enfor- med, char it was not for nothing, or without caute, that job was .thus blefled and witneffed toby all chat heard and tawhim. Hence Note ; They that do well, efpecially Magiflrates that do well, fháll probably hear well and be reported well among their people. Regium eft For though it be true , To do well and bear ill is Kingly (ate stele ,audire filthy Dreamers (as Jude calls them) will defpife dominion, and rum bens fete. fpeak, evil of Dignities, let them do never fo well. Unquiet fpi- ria. rite
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