356 Chap. 3 t, An Expoition upon the Book! of J o E. Verf.7. JOB 31. Verf. 7 , 8. ifmyftep kath turnedout ofthe way, andmine heart znalked after mine eyes, and ifany blot bath clea- ved to my hands Then let mefoeae, and let another eat, yea let my off- fpring be rooted out. T O T from the fifth to the ninth verfe of this Chapter, pro- ceeds inpurging himfelfe by facred Imprecations,from the fuf- ption of in :uftice towards men. At the fifth verfe he fayd, IfI have walked with vanity ; or ifmy foot bathhafted to deceit ; here Verf. 7th he faith, Ifmyfiep bath turned out of the way, and mine heart followedafter mineeyes. So that in this verfe he hightens what he had fayd before in afferting the integrity of his heart, and the righceoufneffe of his wayes. Ifmyftep have turned out ofthe way. Totter velar There is an inward i ep, and that isdefire,or themotion of the tie t);(1 declinat heart; and there ís. an outward ftep,and that is endeavour, or the queries no(fra motionofthe body toany butines, bdoth not fpeake in the csgiratio iter Y Yo teíliturfnis per plural number, Ifmy ffepi, but in the fingular, If nay flip bath confetti-anre n turned out ofthe way }Thereby intimating that he had looked to quit erratic, every ftep, and that he did not give way to any one wandring Greg. thought for the advancement of his owne profit by his neigh- bours Joffe or dammage ; not that lob walked fo exaâly, or that any man can, as not tomake a falfe ftep, or never to fwerve and decline From the right way ( for there is noperfeâion of life in this iif_) but, when 74 faith, my f ep bath not turned owe of the way, wee are to underftand this proteflacion. Firff, Of his ayme and purpofe, it was both his purpofe and endeavour tokeepe every Rep even, to walke with a right Foote, or as Solomon advifeth ( Pro. 4. 26, 27.) Topander the path of hisfeete, toorder all his wayes aright ; not to turne to the right hand, nor to the left , but to remove bit foote from twill. And therefore Secondly,
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