r i. e; Tomy Judge or Adverlary. s te. The whole courſe of my Life and A&ions, which I would exa&tly number to him, ſtep by ſtep, ſo far as can remember. I would not anſwer his \Ilegations a- g-nſt me but furniſh him with further matter of the ſame kind. and then anſwer all together. # i; e With undaunted courage and con fidece and aſſurance of ſucceſs, as being clearly conſcious of my owr ſincerity, not like a felf-condemned Malefattor, as my i: tends ſuppoſe me 70e.. » And not run away, or hide my (elf from my Judge, as guilty perſon+ defire to do. ;
28 If my land cry againſt me x, or that the fur:
rows likewiſe thereof F complain ; ;
x Co wir, to God for r: +enge as tne hke Phraſ- is uſed, Gen: 4. 10. Has 2 £1, Yecauſe I have gotten it from the right -Owners by + Heb, the ©4107 Violence, as my Friends charge me, and as 15 implied in the
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l nex: Verſe Z ;
ws] 29 If I have eaten} the fruits thereof without money
#Hebcau- y,0r have | cauſed the owners thereofto loſe their lifez ſed the ſoul y & th r without paying the price required by the right owner for of the own- the Land or by defr uding my Workmen of the wages of their La- ers thereef bour-, 7 Killing them that ſo I might have undiſturbed Poſſc{ſion of #0 expire, it, as 4kab did Noth.
or brearh 40 Let thiſtles grow in ſtead of wheat, and || cockle
. in ſteadof barley. The words of Job || are ended. | th eas || To wit, in anſwer to his Friends. for he ipeaks but little after- ly us wards, and that is to God. CHAP. XXXIL Elihu, Tob's fourth friend, ſpeaketh; he is angry with Fob for juſtifying himſelf, and with his th- ee friends for not ſatisfying, and yet conden n- ing him, \ - s, He excuſeth his youth ; but wiſdom is from God, and not from age, 6 --——9' theref re he ſpeaketh being full of matter, and his ſpirit conſtraining him,withoat accepting any man's perſon
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10 26 fHebfrom (DO thele three men ceaſed + to anſwer Job, becauſe an/wering, he was righteous in his own eyes. a i.e, Was (elt conccited and obſtinately reſolved to juſtifhe him- ſelfboth againſt God and Men : therefore they give him over as 1in-
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| Aram ; for Ram and Aiam are uſed promiſcuoeſly 3 Compare 2
Chap. KX5 j
Kings 8. 28. with 2 Chron. 22, 5. andRuth 4. 19. with Matth.. 193, Others, of Abraham, who as he was called 4bram poſſibly? was at firſt called only Kam. His Pedegree is thus particularly deſcribed, partly for his honour, becauſe his ſpeech declares him to be both « wiſe and a good Man, and principally to evidence the truth of this Hiſtory, which otherwiſe might ſeem to be but a Poetical fition, 4 He juſtified himſelf, not without refleRion upon Ged, as d:aling too ſeverely with him, and denying him that hearirg which he ſo paſſtonatly defired. He took more care to maintain his own inno- cency than Gods glory.
3 Alfo againſt his three friends was his wrath kind-\, led, becauſe they had found nc anſwer e, and yet had condemned Job f. +7
e To F9b's Allegations and Arguments as to the main Cauſe. f As an Hypocrite or ungedly Man.
4 Now Elihu had waited g till Job 6 had ſpoken, Þ Heb. ex becauſe they were | elder than he 7. peffed Fo
£ With Patience as the word notes, h Add, and his three Friends ” words. as appears from the following words: It is a Synecdoche, whereof Inftances have been given before, 7 And therefore he expe@ed more der for de, lat sfation from them and gave them the precedency in the Diſ- | courſe. Wherein he ſhewed his prudence and modeſty. |
5 When Elihu ſaw that :here was no anſwer in the mouth of theſe three men, then his wrath was kindled.
6s And Elihu the fon of Barahel the Buzite, anſwe- red and ſaid, I «» | young, and ye are very old where- of das. fore Iwas afraid k and + durft not ſhew you mine o- Hebs pinion, careds
k To wit, of diſcovering my weakneſs and folly, and of being thought forward and preſumptuous.
7 Ifaid, * Days ! ſhould ſpeak w, and multitude of *charzin years ſhould teach wiſdom ». |
l 7. e. Multitude of days 35 by comparing the next Clauſe of the Verſe, Or men of &ays, i.e. of many days or years, old Men» mTo wit, wiſely and pertinently, as the next words limit it. n Should inftrud us that are you-ger 1 the paths of Wiſdom, and concerning the wiſe Counſels and Ways of God, about which the preſent Con troverſic lay, | *
8 But o there 5s a ſpirit p in man « and * the inſpi- Np ht ration of the Almighty q giveth them underſtanding r. Prov. 2.6
0 Or, ſareiy . It muſt be cou felled, p To wit, which gives him Kcclef. underſtanding, as is cafily and fitly gathered out of the laſt words of 2. 26: th: Verſe. And this is to be underſtood cither 1. of the human Spi- Dan.1.f1 rit. or -caſonable Soul, which is in every Man. $o the ſenſe of the & 2. 21 place is, Every man as a man, whether old or young, hath a reaſon- James 8+ able Soul, by which he is able in ſome meaſure to decern between Good and Evil, and to j::dge of mens Opinions and Diſcourſes: And therefore I alſo may venture to deliver my Opinion Or, 2: of the Spirit of God; the latter Clauſe being cxplicatory of the former, ac« cording to the manner. So the ſenſe is, I expe@&-d a true and full diſcoy: ry of the truth in this comroverſic from Perſons of your Years, Wiſdom anq Experience But upon ſecond thoughts I conſider that the knowledge of theſe deep avd divine Myſteries is not to be hador expected from any man as ſuch though never fo aged or wiſe, but only from God's Spirit, which alone knoweth the deep things of God. And this Spirit he ſaith is in man, not in every man, for the words ar: nor univerſal. bu indefinite, and man in this branch is no larger than them who receive Divine Inſpiration in the next Branch, And iothe ſenſe is, God is pleaſed to give his Spirit unto Mankind, ®nto Men of all Ages a nd Qualitics, as he pleaſeth ; and having given it ?n lome meaſure to me, I may take the boldneſs to -utter my. thoughts. 4 7. e. Ged'sSpirit, or the gracieus Gifts thereof breath-" ed or inf»ſed into Man's Soul by God. r To wit, in Divine and $ — Matrers, which are the Matter of this Debate and Book.
9 Great men s are notalwiſe wiſe: neither deth the aged underſtand judgment 7,
s1.e, Men o' eminepcy for 4ge or Learning, vg Dignity ard Power 'uch as fob's three Friends ſeem to have been. # What is juſt and right: Or the Judgment of God, and the Methods and Reaſons of his Adminiſtrations -
10 Therefore I ſaid «, Hearken to me x: I alſo will ſhew mine opinion.