hap, 29. o1rr Expofttion upen the B,ok of Jo a. Verf. a 2. sr r J O B, Chap. 29. Verf. âz, r3, iq.... Becaufe Idelivered thepoor that cryed,and thefather left, and him that had none to help him. The bleffing of him that was ready toperil came upon me, and Icoifed the widows heart to lingforjoy. Iput on righteoufnefs, and it cloathed me, my judge- -rnent was as a Robe and a Diadem. IN the Context of there three verfes, and in the three that fol- low, job gives the reafon, or (hews carafe why all forts of men gave bim fuch reverence, and hadhim in fuch high efieem , as bath been (hewed from the precedent paffages, of this Chapter. When the ear beard me, then it bleffed me, and :ben the eye rawme, it gave witneft tome. Whence was all this ? Tne reafon was not barely, becaufe he was a great anda wealthy man, becaufe he had thoufands of Sheep, and hundreds of Oxen ; nor fecondly, did he by any diffembling courtefie or court(hip, flea -1 the hearts of the people, as Abfalon by his faining and flattering flories, trayte- roufl flole awaythe hearts of the people from David his Father to himfelf ; nor, thirdly, was Job thus reverenced and efleemed, becaufe of any undue complyance with all forts ofpeople, bearing with their exorbitances, and forbearing to draw his (word againti effendors; it was not becaufe he letevery man do what he plea fed, or what was good in his own eyes, that ail were fo well pleated with him,and wi(hed well to him : Such fleepy Magiflrates are fometimes cryed up, and had ingreat efleem, by thole who are of no efleem. Neither chete, nor any like there, were the reafonswhy 70b was witneffed to by every eye that law him; but the true reafon is layd down in the texr, it was his faithfulnefs to his trufl, or his impartial admit iflrationof Juflice to all, in the two main parts; or branches of it. Fir(l, his readinefs to help the poor, and the oppreffed; this is laiddown at large from the a2th to the 17th verfe, Secondly, his undaunted courage in oppofing and fup- pretbng the.vwicked, efpeciaily Push aswere alío proud oppreffors (21, a7th).,
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