Chap. 3 i.. ,4n ExpofJtion aepon the Book of J O B. Vert, 23. 449 that is ftretcht out to doe milchiefe. 'Tis a righteous thing for God to finite an abufed eye with blindneffe, tofinite an abufed care with deafeneffe, an abufed arme with larneneffe,and an abu- fed tongue with an inability of fpeaking. 'Tis fit that fhould be deftroyed which perverts the end for which it was made ; and an squall thing, that God fhould recall his favours when we fight againft him, or a& croffe to our dutywith them. lob having givenus an affuranceof his integrity, by impreca ring this penal evil) upon himfelfe, proceeds togiveus a rationall account of it, or to Phew us what it was, that flopt him from a &- ing that finfull evil1 ofoppreffing the poore, the fatherleffe, and the widdow. Verf. 23. For deftrullion fromGod was a terrour to me : and by reafonofhis highnoffe Icould not endure. The word rendred deJhabion, fignifies properly any noy- fome killing vapour ; Such are the wrathful] difperfarions of God toman : As if he had fayd, I was nor afraid ofany t; ouble,or de- ftru&ion from men, but deftruftíon from God was a terrour to mee. The vulgar Latine translates wel to the fence though wide smiler eniva from the letter of thetext, For 1alwa esfeared God as the waves goafr tummies ofa raging and tumultuous Sea, ready to overwhelmeme; As if he filer mefloss had fayd, I law a Sea ofwrath into which I fhould plunge my ttmui deem. P g Y valg: felfe, by fuch unrighteous aBeings. Such vifions or apprehet fions ofan Angry God, to fee him as a raging Sea ready to (wallow us up,or asa confuming fire to devoure us when we fn,are great ef- fe&s of a lively and working faith. But I (hall not flay upon that verfion, becaufe'eis rather Rhetorical) then.literall, Mr. Broughton renders , The Omnipotent:fearedwoe held nee ; that is, it tookehold of me, and withheld me from oppreffing wayes. We fay,Deff-ufliionfrom God; Some more dole to theGram. ex raaticall ftriét nes of the text Defiruttion ofGod,where theGeni. veto vapor rive cafe notes the ffacientcaufe, not the fub;e& ofdeftruLion; dei; that is, firft, fuch deftrualion as God ufes to fend upon oppref- fluas , icren- fors, or fecondly . 'loch dtflru&ion as eminently and evidently declares the power of God, and that God is the ourhor of ( faith ?ob) a terror to me; I by faith did apprehend tila_. S ffz e =
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