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4;
Chap.
32, ;An
Expofition
upon
the
13eo{L
of.
J.
o
B.
Verf.
You
may eafier
reduce
a
man
that
is
indeedignoranc, then
him=
that
thinks himfelfe very wife,
or knowing,
but
-is
not. This
was
the
apprehenfion
of.
jobs friends
concerning him,
He
was
a
man.:
(:
thought they
and
fa they
faid
) righteous
rn
his
owne
_eyes.
There
are
three
forts of righteous perfons.
Pita,
fuch
as
are
righteous in
the
eyes of
God,
and
faille
Godly are
under
a
two
-,
.
fold
notion; Fitft,
as
being pardoned
for
or
juf}iified
from
their
w
.ighteouinel3e, through
faith
inChrifl';
Blefled are they
who
are thus accounted righteous
inthe
eyes
ofGod.
Secondly,
they
are righteous
, as
avoyding unrighteous
,
and
doing righteous
things.
There
is a
feed-
a
principle of, righteoufneife
to
perfons,
jutlitied
and
regenerated,
which dayly puts
it
felfe
forth in
righ,
teous
aaings
;,
Ile
,that
doth'righteoufneffe
is
righteous
(t
Joh:
3.
7.)
He
is
fo,
both
as
to
his
liate,,and
as
to his a6tions,
in
the
eyes of
God
and good men.
Secondly,.
Many
are righteous in
the
eyes of men., they
have
faire appearances
and
out,fides
;
you can
read nothing amine
irr
their
converfation,
yet
they are unrighteous,
yea
altogether
un-
righteous
in
the
eyes
of
God,
yea
and
pofïìbly
in
their
owne too
;
They
cannot
but
fee
their
own
wickedneffe, though they
can con
-
ceale
it
from
the
fight
of.
others
Hypocrites
are like
painted
e-
pulchers, faire without
(ás
Chrifi
fpake
of the Pharifees)
-but
within
full
of
rottennef1e.
They
femme
that
to
men, which
God
feeth they are not;They.can.fhew
their
heft
fide
toand
hide their.
worn
from
men, but they
cannot play
this game
with
God
;
he
feeth
their belt
is
bad,
becaufe
it
is
but the covering, not the ha-
ting, not the mortifying of that
which
is
bad.
Thirdly
,
There
is
another fort
who
are
righteous
in
their
own
eyes
;
fuch
Solomon
defcribes ( Prov, 3o.
i
a.)
T
here
is
a gene-
ration
that.
are
pure in
their
ozone
eyes,
and
yet
is. not
wafhed.from
their
filthineffe.
Thefe
have
a
great
opinion
of
themfelves; They
think
all
is rightand wellwith
.them, when
indeed
they are
fil-
thy
and
unclean,
their
hearts being yet unchanged,though
their
'wayes are fmoothed
;
and though
they may
have
left
off
to doe
many
fihhy things, yet they are not washed
from
their
filthineffe.
The text
in
hand puts Tob'into this
third
fort of righteous men.
But
was
it
thus with him
?
I
anfwer
;
Firll,
yob was
a
man
righ-
teous
in
the
eyes of
God,
in
both
the notions
mentioned
;
he
was
righteous
as
;unified
and
righteous
as
farctified:
Secondly,
fob
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