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§.Se11.6.
Otber
places
oGieeted
an-
Acted..
Verte
;.
.Verte
:o.
Nx.
216
Obieh:ons
awing.
the 4f
urance
crow
eletlin
anfwered.
flitter and
gold
from
your
vaine
conuerfation,
cc.
but
with
for
pretious
bloe:i
of
Chri§
.
So
that
this
feare
doth not take
away
the
certaine
knowledge
of
our
e1e&ion
and
redemption,
but
this
knowledge
caufeth
vs
to
feare
leap
we
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 they
are
purged
with
the pretious
blood
of
Iefus
Chrih..
Befides thefe places,
there
are
others
alto
obie
&ed,as
that
Iob.9.2r.
Though
Iwereperf
,yetIknomnotmyfoule;there-
fore
I
abhorre
my
life.
To
which
I
anf.vere,that
fobs
(cope
and
drift
in
this
place
is
to fhew,that
euen the
molt
iufl
and
hohe
.
man cannot
hand
before
Gods iudgement
feare
in
his
ovine
righteoufheffe
andholinefle, which
is
polluted and imper-
fe&, and
that
therefore
it
behooueth
cnery one
to
defpaire
in
himfelfe and his.Iegall
r.ighteouf:ic ífe,as
notbeing
able
to iu-
flifie him
in
Gods
fight,
in
refpe&of
whole puritie euen the
very heauens
are
vncleane,
that
fo he
may
wholly
rely
ivpon
Gods
mercy and Chrifls.merits; and this appeareth
verf
.'
2.3.
I
know
verely (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 fhould
man
compared vnto
God
be iufli-
fied
?
3.
Ifhe
would difpute
with
him,
he
could
not anfvere
him
one
thing
ofa
thoufand. And
verte 20.
IfI
would
iuflifie
my felfe,mine owne
mouth fhould
condemne
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 by
my
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-
ouf
ileffe
from
me
as
a
polluted
cloute. By which manner
of
reafoning
he
confuteth
Bildad.r
obieótion, who
affirtned
that
lob
and his fonnes
were punifhed
of
God
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,