§.Se11.6. Otberplaces oGieetedan- Acted.. Verte ;. .Verte :o. Nx. 216 Obieh:ons awing. the 4furance croweletlinanfwered. flitter andgoldfrom your vaine conuerfation, cc. but with for pretious bloe:i ofChri§ . So that this feare doth not takeaway the certaine knowledgeof our e1e&ion and redemption, but this knowledge caufethvs to feare leapwe fall into finne af- ter we are afiüred of this great benefit of our redemption, and thereby difpleafe our gracious (god, and defile our foules after theyarepurgedwith the pretious bloodof Iefus Chrih.. Befides thefe places, there are others alto obie&ed,as that Iob.9.2r. Though Iwereperf ,yetIknomnotmyfoule;there- fore I abhorremy life. Towhich I anf.vere,that fobs (cope and drift in this place is to fhew,that euen the molt iufl andhohe . man cannot hand beforeGods iudgement feare inhis ovine righteoufheffe andholinefle, which is polluted and imper- fe&, and that therefore it behooueth cnery one to defpaire in himfelfe and his.Iegallr.ighteouf:ic ífe,as notbeingable to iu- flifie him inGods fight, in refpe&of whole puritie euen the very heauensare vncleane, that fo he maywholly rely ivpon Godsmercy and Chrifls.merits; and this appearethverf .' 2.3. I knowverely (faith he) that it is fo, (that is, that God is iufl and all men are (inners, who are righteoufly punifhed for their demerits, as Bildad had reafoned in the former chapter) and therefore how fhouldman compared vntoGodbe iufli- fied ? 3. Ifhewould difpute withhim, he could not anfvere himone thingofa thoufand. And verte 20. IfI would iuflifie my felfe,mine owne mouth fhouldcondemne me; ifI would be perfe61, he shall iudge me wicked. 21. And though I were innocent or pet-fed, (that is, though I feenied iul} in mine owne eyes,andknew nothing bymy felfe) yet I know not mine owne foule,nor what fecret corruptions may lurke in it,and therefore I will not hereby looke,to be iuflified,nay in this refpe& I abhorre my life, and cal}mine owneri-ghte- oufileffe fromme as a polluted cloute. By which manner of reafoninghe confutethBildad.r obieótion, who affirtned that lob and his fonnes were punifhed ofGod for their ftnnes and that iuflly, and therefore they were not fo iul} and innocent as they had feemed : to this lob anfxereth, that it is true in- ,deede he could nof iuflifie himfelfe in refpeó of his owne righteoufneffe,
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