424 Chap. 31. a$n Expofrion upon the Book of Jo B. Vert.; 33. J O B '31. Verf. 53, 14, 15. If I did defpife the eaaefe of my man-fervant , or of my maidfervant, when they contendedwith me what thenfha111 doe, when God riled) np? andwhen he vifiteth., what pall I anfïver him? Did net he that made me in the womb, make hint? and did not onefafhion us in the womb ? IN the foure verfes laft opened, ?ob approved himfelfe a faith- full husband to his wife, his heart had not been deceivedby a woman ; he hadnbt layd Waite at his neighbours doore. In thefe three verles he proceeds to prove that he had been a juft Mafter tohis fervants.Thus7cb (pined bright in the fpheare ofall his rela- tions, and was an ornament to them all t and indeed the profeffi -, onofReligion Chines brighteft and is moft adorn'd in our anfwe- rablenefìe to the duty ofour relation, as husbands to our wives, as fathers to our children, as Matters to our fervants. How jufily and gently 7 b had carried himfelfe in that relation of a Matter to his fervants, appeares Firít , In that conditional propofition, v. i 3th, If I did delpife the caufeof myman -fervant, or ofmy maidfervant, zrhen they con- tended with we ;Which may be refolved into this negative; I ne- ver did defpife the caufe of my man fervant,norofmy maid fer- vant, when they contended with me. Nor doch he barely deny the doing of this But Secondly , He gives us the grounds upon which, or the mo- tives why he did it not. And thofe very prevailing ones. Firft Becaufe he knew that himfelfe had a Matter , and that he was an imparciall Matter, who would take an account of him, as wel asof his meanest fervant (v. 14.) what then fhall I doe whenGod rifeth up ? and when he vifatetb, what fall I anfwer ? That is, I can never anfwer it in cafe I have been unjuft to my fer- vanrs. The fecond motive or ground prefling 7cbs fpirit to an even- neffe, andmoderation toward bis fervants, was becanfe he had no prehemineree over them, as to his and their natural! podo
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