6g chap. 27. An Expijtion open the $o.k of J c ìi. Vet: 7.' maintaining his"owncaufe, ailland fliffely infitling upon his`.Ie tegrity ;'thefence is good, and the Interpretation faire either of there wages. Fictl, thefe words areexpounded as an' argument ofjobs cha- rity,( Let mine Enemy be as the wicked,and be that rifetb up again,,' mc,as the unrightcous)As if jobbad fpoken his mind thus ; re sny friendshave adjudged me tobe a wicked man, yebave fentenced .. me to be unrighteous s well, let ibis begrantedor fuppofedthat h t fo, fay ( feeing ye have fuelsa mind to it )that I am an unrighte- o s man,let me abideunder this cloudof coffer* ; allthe buri that I will; you, who are in appearancemine Enemia,and continually riferap againfi me, ìs this, that ye were fad as Iam, whom yecall wicked, or that ye were like him whomye fappofe the unrighteousman, I wouldye were as 1 am, except theft forrowes, except the bends of theft fscknefes and fores, and foreaffliltions which are upon mi; for mypart! wilt) that jata mineEnemieswhodifpute with and eppofe me, who refill andrife up agatnfl me, wereas my felfe, whom yeac- count the wicked and unrighteous man, Thus Pasd ( pleading his cauféand Integrity before King almoll perfwaded him to be a Chritiian, ails 26.29. ) anfwered, Iwould toGod that not only thou, bat all that, heart met his day, wereboth almoft, and altogether Each as 1 am, except thefebinds. As if he had laid, I am judgedas an beritigae as adiiurber of the peace, as a wickedman, 1would that mine E- nemies and oppofers were but as this beretigrie, as thisfeditious' per. fen, Iwould that thou O ring, and all that hear me, were fach as am, except theft bonds; Iwould keep 'my troubles to myfelfe, and with that yeall werepartakers ofmygrace andfpiritual prit iledges. The expofition of fobs withnowunder hand, path a paralel fence with this of Paul. There is no greater argument of fincerity and Gofpel charity, than to bewilling to beare thewhole of our ow n trou- bles, and that others flsould beareapart andPare with at all' our mercies. Secondly, The words may be expoundedas an argumentof ohs piety ; and that two wayes. Firfi , Job doth affert his piety, by afcertaining who or what kind of men they-were, with whom he had ufed to converfe es friends.As if he had fail ; Tots account mewicked, andunrighte- ous, Aman delighting to the feciety of the ungodly, doing them tour® te1,
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