534 Chap. z9, An Es;pftion upon the Book of B. Verf. r JOB, Chap. 29. Verf. 1 5, 16, 17. I was eyes to the blind, irrdfelt aras Ito the lame. I was afather to thepoor, and the caufe that Iknew not Ifearched out. AndIbrake thejams of ti,t wicked, and plucked the fpoyle out ofhis teeth. 1 0 B lull proceeds to thewcaule, why, asa Magifirare, he had fo muchrefpe& from, and fo gr eat a place in the hearts of all ale people. He bath already given Cundry in(lances,rhew he abted and put cut that power which was put into his hand. In the for- mer verfe we found him clearing himfelf; from ali by-re-peas in dcing the duty of his! place; it was pure love to Ju(lice that mo- ved him t) doe Ju(lice ; it was or a vain glorious delire to be accounted, called, or pointed at as a juts mar. He did juffice for chore who could have nothing but the juffice of their caufe, and the milerablenefs of their condition, to move him to ir; The poor, the fatherlefs,the helplefs, andfnch a, were ready toper,fh. In there three verfes, the r5th, t6th, and i7th, fob gives yet a further exemplification, both of the perlons to whom, and of the manner how he exercifed juffice. Fitfl, in 1fupporting them and their caufe who were di(lreflcd (v. t 5, 16.) I was eyes to the blind,and feet was Ito the lame, &c. Secondly, in punif ping them whole caufe deferved it (v. 17.) 1 brake the jaws of tie wicked, &c. Thirdly, in a careful and diligent difcovery of all doubtful macrers,as he fpeakes at thelatter end of the fixteenth verfe,And the caufe that I knew not IParchedout. What he did for the di- firefled fails firti under difcufsior. Verf. t 5. Iwas eyes to the blind. etvvorr aerebaer I, that is, I in perfon, not I by my Officers, but I my felf ; f f fo Come of thOncients give the Emphafis of the text ; He doti, &c,Chryfoil- not fay Iwas eyes to the blind bymy overfeers and fervant s, but I looked to them my/elf ; I£d notput the doing of it off' toothers,but I faro it done, And though it be a truth , that the bell of Magi- flrates
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