ſolid Piety in them, but are wholly addifted to vain and worldly things, rejoycing immoderately when they have them, and crying out for want of them, as here they do. Or 2. vain cries, which proceed not from Faith or Piety, but only from Self-love and a Na- tural Senſe of their Miſery 3 which is common to them with Brute. beaſts; The AbſtraR is here put for the Concrete, as wickedneſs is oft put for wicked men, and p'ide for proud Perſons, and the likes b Though God be able to help them, as this title of God implies, and though he be the Judge of the World, as the former name of God ſignifies, to whom therefore it belongs to r'ght the Oppreſſed againſt the Oppreſſour, yet in this caſe he juſtly refuſeth rohelp them.
14 Although thou ſayeſt, thou ſhalt not ſee him c ,
yet judgment is before him d, therefore truſt thou in him e.
c Or, thin canff net ſee hin; the Future Tenſe of the Indicative Mood being oft put potentially ; 7. e. Chou canſt not have thy de- ſire in appearing and pleading thy Cauſe before him. So this is 4 new matter, and F lihu anſwers another Objeion of Job's : of which ſee Chap 23. 8, 9.and tells him that he is not to jude.c of God by pre- ſent appearance 3 becauſe though God may tor a ſeaſon hide his Face, and d. lay ro give him ao anſwer, yet he will certainly do him right. 1.e. Scfore God, or in his preſence, or at his Tribunal, or in all his Ways and adminiſtrations - And Judgment is put for Juſtice or juſt Judgment, as it is. job 8. 3. F/al. 37 28. & 99. 4. and oft elſe where. $0 the ſenie is, God isand will ſhew himleif robe juſt in all his ways, and therefore thou doft wickedly in retleting upon God's Juſtice. Or, yet judge thy ſeif before him inftead of accuting God, condemn thy ſelf, acknowledge thy fins, and then thou mel hope for »iercy, Compare « Cor. 11 3ie e Inſtead of murmucing againſt him, put thy truſt in him. Repent of what is paſt, and humble thy iclf under God's hand, and do not deſpond for the future, but wait upon God patiently in his way till deliverance- come to thee 3 for 1t wili certainly come if chou doſt not hind: r it.
I5 But now becauſe ;t is not ſo f, || he g hath viſits L,g.
ed in his anger h, yet|| he knoweth is not z in great | That is,
extremity k,
i e. Becauſe Job doth not acknowledge God's Juſtice and his own Sins, and wait upon God in his way for Mercy according to the laſt advice givcnto him, v+ 14. g To wit, God, to whom this great Work of viſiting is aſcribed every where in Scripture; þ #. e. Hath laid griev:'us Afftiftions upon him ; all which is too little to bring J-» to compliance with G0d.- 7 Jobis not ſufficiently ſenſible »f it {fo as to be humbled under God's hand. k Or tno:gh C which Particle 1s ſometimes underſtood,ofwhichZxamplesh.vetecn before_)ingrea' exs tremity, or aboundance, :o wit, of Afff:&ions. Though Job hath hither ; to been and ſtill is exerciſed with very fore Calamities, vet they have | not brought Job to the knowledge of God and of hiraſelf, But this verſe isand may be rendred thus: And now know that his \” i, e&« God's_Janger 9ath viſited thee little or nothing,(to wit, in compariſon of what thu haſt deferved and wighteſt reatonably expeR ) . neither hath he known(1- e judged or puniſhed, as this ward is uſed, Prov. 10: 92 an6 elſe where _) thee in or accoratng to( as the ;:refix Beth is ſorhetimes uſed _) the great adeundance, to wit, of thy fins. And therefore thy Complaint< againſt God are very unrighteous and unreaſonable.
16 Therefore! doth Job open his mouth in vain m he multiplieth words without knowledge ». - l Hence 1t is inanifcft, mi.e. Pour forth his Comp'/ainrs without? any ſucceſs, and gets no eaſe by them, » Thereby diſcoverivg his.
ignorance of God and of himſelf. | CHAP. XXXVI. Gad is juft in all his way: 3 towards the wicked, t——a—=—g. thegod! T——Lr. the hypocrite, 1 4 14. the poor, x5: Job's fins bin. dred Gods ſalvation ts bim : he admoniſheth him, 16 --— 21: God, power and ſever. 1gnity, and all his perfetions to be magnified, 220-33, F- Lihuaiſo proceeded, and laid. H14
[, 2 Suffer me a little a, and I will ſhew thee + that 7 have yet toſpeak on Gods behalf þ. « G1ye mc thy pa'tent attention but a little longer, and I have done.
. 6G b That I have not ſaid all that canbefſaid to juſtific God's proceedings _ againſt thee. |
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declaring his great and glorious Works of Creation and Providence both in the Heaven and Earth, and the manner of his dealing with men in other Parts and Ages of the World : for theſe are che chict Heads of the following Diſcourſe, and therefore the beſt Comment u- pon this General Expreſſion. & I will acknowledge that which 15 true that God is Righteous, He adds the words, my Maker, either 1. as an Argument or Evidence of God's Righteouſneſs ; partly becauſe it is not likely that God ſhould be unjuſt to his own Creatures, fince e- ven Menare not only juſt, but kind to their own Works and Relati- ovis : and partly becauſe the Work of Creation gave unto God an abſolute right and pawer to diſpoſe of Job as he ſaw fit, as the Potter hath power over the Clay, Rom g- 21. and therefore there was no foundation for Unrighteouſneſs, nor any temptation upon God to do it : and partly becauſe Man's Maker muſt necds be a Beeing of all poſſible Perfe&ion, and therefore one of perfe& Righteouſnels. Or, 2. as aMotive or Obligation vpon him to plead God's Cauſe,l do not engage my ſelf in this Controverſie out of a pragmatical or contentious humor, nor out of any prejudice or ill will to thee, but meerly from the ſenſe of my Duty to my blefled Creator. With al, he refle&s upon Job as guilty of great folly and ingratitude 1n COS with him, in or by whom he lived, and moycd, and had is beings 4 *For truly, my words ſha not be falſe e: he that
is perfe& in knowledge is with thee f.