658 Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Book! of Jog. Ve'rf.33, JOB 3i. Verf. 33. If I coveredmy tranfgre'tons as Adam : by hideing mine iniquity in my bofome. Td T having fpoken much in many particulars for the vindica- tion ofhis owne integrity; kerns in this 3 3d verfe to prevent an ob,'eEtionwhich his friends or others might make àgainft that difcourfe. As if theyhad fayd, wee have heardyou[peakingyour owne praijes much and long ; we feeyou are very tender ofyour erne hnnour, and cannot endure that Jhould be touch. You havegiven no a Catakçue of yourgood works, and ¡hewed usyour light fide,your Jhineing venues.: But haveyou no f ns ?le your life indeedfree from faults and errors ? Havenot you a darke fide alfo ? Areyou a man, above aß mer.,witboutfpot andblameles ?Areyou abfolutelyperfen, and without yourfaileings ? To this heape of reflecting queryes, we may fuppofe job giving anfwer, in the words of this text ; As ifhe had fayd, I readily acknowledge that I have finned,and have hadmy faileings au we! as other men; for I alfo am a fonof Adam ; I have no perftftion to bob,ff of, but that ofuprightnes and ofan ha- ,eft bent to pleafe God in all things. I amfarcefromPaying Ihave n,t finned ; only thus much1 can fayfor myfelfe, ( through grace ) that 1 have neither os Adam thefirff manonce did, nor as moll men thefins of Adamfrill doe, fludied to corretelemy fins ; But Ihave humbly confeffed them unto god, and beleevingly begged theirpar - don at his hands. That's (I conceave) robs (cope in thefe words. He did not fay, I have airtranjgrejfed ; but he fayd,1have not co- vered mytranfgreions. Verf. 3 3. IfI bave covered my tranfgreffions as Adam, &c. The words are ofa Negative fence ; I have ,not covered my tranfgreffions; yet the Negative bath a reftri&ion in it; He doth not fay abfolurely,dhave not coveredmy trangreff,ons,bur,Ihave not covered them as Adam; And how Adam covered them is im- plyed, if not expreffed in the latter part of the verfe, by biding mine iniquity inmy bafome, If I have covered my tranlgrtfons. The
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