í; 3 Z Chap. 3 r. do Expofttion upon the Books of J o a. - Verf.s. JOB gr. Verf. 5, 6. ifI have waltzed znith vanity, or ifmyfoot hathha- fled to deceit; Let me he weighed in an even ballance , that God may know mine integrity. ll=ie (cope of?akin thefe two verles, and the two which fol- low, is toacquit himfelfe from the fufpition or imputation of doing wrong to others that himfelfe might gaine by it. Verf. 5. IfIbave walked with vanity, or ifmy foote loath ham fled to deceit, &c. This verfe isexpounded by fome relatively, and that in a two- fold relation. Firtt,to the words immediatly foregoing ; Doth not ke(that is,God)feemy wayes,andcount all myRepsMoth not be fee it,ifIhave walkedwith vanityor ifmy foote bath hafted to deceit ? As ifhe had fayd,God who teeth all my wayes,knoweth whether or no I have walked with vanity, &c. intimatingalfo that he had abflained and turned his foote fromall falfe wayes, becaufe he knew or was affured that all his wayes were knowne to God, and that he would punifh him forany wilfull error of his wayes. Secondly, Thefe words are expounded with relation to that with which followeth at the 6th verfe; Let me be weighed in an even ballanee. As iflob had fayd, IfIbave walked as you fay Ihave, let that be tried, andlet me appear: in mine own: colours, or let me be weighed thatit may appear: how light andvaine 1have been in mywalking:, ifI have been fo; l am willing to be weighed and thereby tobe difcoverea' whether Ihave walks in wages of vanity, or have haften:dto deceit. Others take the words abfolutely and independently,only Pupa poling lobs ufuall imprecation in thefe cafes'; And then the fence of this verfe, is plainely no more but this, IfIhave walke l with vanity, or myforte bath haftedto deceit. Then let the righteous God avenge it, let evil( befallwe; andhe poynts ws to the parti- cular evill at the 8th verfe, Then, let mefew and let another eat, yea let my offpring be rootedout. Once
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