Chap.; i. .ion expolltion ripen the Toole of Jos. Vert. 34.. further. lob profeffed at the 13th verte ofthis Chapter ; IfI did defpife the woreof my man fervant or ofmy maid-fervant when they contendedwith me, &c. lob was ready to heare not only his great Lords and Coun(ellers, but his common fervants; Thee that fwept the houfe,and he that ruled his brie-heels,wasnot refuted nor rejected by him.There ie muchgrace,a bightofgracefbewed ist being willing to receive counfel or reprolefrom the leaft and loweff. Moftly,rich and great menare a terrour to all reprovers,and have this unhappinefs with their greatnefs, that theymay ruine them- felves uncont,oul'd. Poffibly foene may mutter at them in ferret, but no man dares fpeake openly or plainely to them. 70b poynts at fuch proud one' ( Chap: 21. 3o, 31.) The wicked is rferved to the day of deftruction, &c. Who(hail declare bùway to horn face ? andwho/bald repay himwhat he bath done ? The man is pail deal- ing with ; you take a Lion by the beard and a Beare by the tooth when you reprove him. ?ob was a great man, yet if truth were fpoken by a child or a fervant, he hearkened to it ; His example thould be our warning, not todefpife mceffary warnings, what hand foever brings them to us. If the meffagebe ofGod,'tis no great matter how litle the meffenger is, And if our confciences tell us he fpeakes truth, and that his finger is upon our loare, let us not caft it away,nor reje& it,Ieft we becaft away among chofe who reed the counfel of God againt thetnfelves, who often fendeth fuch meffages, whether ofcounfel or reproofe, to us, on purpofe, by perfons of leaft refpe&, that he may try whether we refpe& truth without refpedof perlons. Agodly man will not fay, what's he that he thould be a monitor, that he fhould tell me ofmy faults , or undertake to teach me ; If it be a fin that we are told of, or a duty that we are taught, it is honorable for usto lay downe our fin and take up our duty, though he be (ra to a worldly account) contemptible, who bath dealt with us a. bout eyther. There isa third interpretationof thefe words,which I conceive tobe yet more cleare unto the (cope of this text, and that arifeth from the text as it Rands in our tranflationlob had been chewing before what he was, and how hehad behaved himfelfe in feverall ofhis relations, as a neighbour , as a huFband, as a Malter, as a Magiftrate. and as there he profeffcd h#s Magiftraticall integrity, fohere the courage and undauntednefs of his fpirit, in the dit charge 719
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