.08 Cìh.ape3I. An ExpoJioion sopen the Book of J O B. Verf.y4, righteous flail be able toanfwer. And though theywill anfwer according to their owne righteoufneffe, yet they pan ioe anfwer in it.. As none but the righteous (hall flar,d in that Judgement, fo none canhand but in the righteoufneffe of Chrif' the Judge; And if none can anfwer then nut in the righteoufneffeofChrift, which is the righteoufneffe ofGod, what will become of them that are not righteous, fo much as with the righteoufnes ofman How it will fare with luch , we may learne in the next poynt, grounded upon thofe words of fob in the former part of the verfe, what /hall Idoe when &c. Hence obferve , Fifthly. Sinners of allforts,efecially opprefrors,will beat their wits end, they will not know what to doe,or what tofaywhen God arifeth andcalls them to an account. Who is able toexpreffe, yea or conceave, with what confufed horror the guilty fons of menwill cry ont in that day, what(hall we doe ? When the great day of the Lords wrath ie come , who /hall be able to f#And ? ( Rev. 6. 17. ) Now finners flatter and fo ac- quit themfelves ; they have many plea's and excufes, to colour over their fouleft aetions and ppre(fions : but as the Apoftle faith (Rout. a. i.) Thou art inexcufable 0 man ; that is, there is no excufe, no Apology tobe made for thee in this cafe by o- thers, neyther wilt thou at laft have the confidence(though now thou haft)to make any for thy (elfe; for (v.3 .)Thinkef thou this O man, that judgefis thenwhich doefuck, things, anddoe, thefame, that thou/halt efcape (by thy fine excufes) thejudgement ofGod Yea though amandoth only that evill which he never judged or condemned, but applauded and juftified others, yea and himfelfe in, yet he (hail not efcapethe Judgementof God. As in the bu- f5neffe ofJuftificationevery mouth (hail be flopped ( one and o- ther) and all the worldbecome guilty before God ; fo the world of unjuft and ungodly men (hall Rand guilty before God , and have their mouths {top( for ever. When the Lord came to view thofe that were at the wedding ( Ma. h. 22. a t.) What had the man toanfwer, who had not on a wedding garment ? the text' faith, he wasfpeechleffe, he had not a word to fay for himfelfe. The Prophet reprefents the fad condition ofBanners in this forme ( 1/a. ICI. i, z, ) Wet unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and
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