He doth not turn his back upon,or hide his face from the high- eff and proud-ſt Creaturesbur looks upon them with a bold and un- datzinted counrenance,as being witkour any fear of them,as was now ſaid. - & He carries himſelf with Princely Majeſty and Courage to- wards the ftouteſt and loftieſt Creatures; which, though of far higher ſtature rhan himſelf, be ſtrikerh down with one ſtroke of his Tail 2s he commonly doth Cows, and Horſes, and ſometimes
Llephants. C H AP. XLIL 9's humlintion and repentance, 1-----=6. God preferring Job's cauſe. re- priveth hu friends, for whom fob muſ? intercede, and God will accept him, J=anncg: God wagnifiech and bleſſeth Job, lo--==15 His age and death, 16,17. ; Hen job anſwered the LORD, and ſaid, | | 2 I know that thou canſt do a every thing b, and
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lnghes that || no thought can be withholden thee ec.
line x —# Not only by powers ( for that he always thought ) hut alſo by
t kad, Tight ; about which he had in ſome fort doubred and diſputed. Ir is a Maxim in Law, That a Man can only do that which he: hath a right to do. 6 Whatſoever it pleaſeth thee ro do with thy Creatures.
fleb/harp 30 Þ Sharp ſtones are under him : he ſpreadeth ſharp-
o According to this Tranſlation the ſenſe is, His $skin iS ſo hard and impenetrable, rhat the ſharpeſt ſtones are as eaſic to him as the Mire, and make no more impre{ion upon him. Bur the words are and may be otherwiſe rendred as continuing the former ſenſe, They ( to wit, the Arrows, Darts or Stones caſt at him) are, or fall un-
ments of ftenes, he ſpreadeth ſharp pointed things ( to wit, the pieces of
of which I hive ſpoken before Fi
4 He bzhoideth all high :bings y : he is a king over |
'ven rams, andgo to my ſervant Job r, and offer up s for
; his friends and for himſelf, as the nexc verie explains it.
O B.
s | demand of thee 3, and declare thou unto me. þ Hear and accepr my humble and penjtent Confoflion and Recan»= ; tation. Z Or, and enquireto wit,Counſel or Inftru&tion, as a Scho- lar doth of his Maſter, as the following words nore. I wiil no more ſawcily diſpute the matter with thee,burbes informarion from thee- The words which God had uttcred to 7ob by way of chal'enge,Chap: 38: 3: & 40: 7: Job returns to him again in way of ſubmiſſion. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye ſeeth thee &. 5
& The knowledge which I had »f thy Divine Narure,and .Perfe- tions and Counſels, was hitherto dark, ar:d doubrful,and conjeftu» ra], being grounded chiefly, if not en'y, upoa th: Inftrufions and Reports of other Men ; but now it is elearand certain, as being im= mediately inſpired into my Mind by this thy glorious Apparition and Revelation, and by the Operation of thy Holy Spirit ; which makes theſe things as certain and evident to me, as if 1 ſaw them with mytbodily Eyes: | ;
6 Wherefore Iabhor 1 my ſelf m, and repent in duſt anc aſhes ».
/ 7.e, Diſlike, anddeteſt, and loath: »» Or, »y former words and carriage, One of theſe, or ſome like Supplement is neceſſary ro compleat the ſenſe,and is clearly gathered from the following words. 2 Sitting in Duſt and Aſhes; which hitherto I have done in token of my grief for mv Affliction ; but now I deſire and reſolve to do in teſtimony of my Penitence for my Sins.
. 7 Andit was /o that after the LORD had ſpoken theſe words unto Job, the LORD ſaid to Eliphaz the
; Temanite 0, my wrath is kindled againſt thee, and a-
gainlt thy ewo friendsp, for ye have nor ſpoken of me | the thing that is right, as thy ſervant Job hath g.
ll, 6 As the eldeſt of the three, and becauſe he ſpoke firſt, and by his evil example led rhe reſt into the ſame miſtakes and miſcarriages þ To wit, Bildad and Zophar, who are not excuſed, but ſeverely re- proved, although they were drawn into the ſin by Eliphaz his au- thority and influence. Elihu is not here reproved, becauſe he dealt more juſtly and mercifully with Job, and did nor condemn his Per- ſon, bur only rebuke his fiaful expreſſions. q Either, «. 2s Job hath now ipoken : you have not acknowledged your errours as he hath done. Orrather, 2. asJob did in his Diſcourſes with you. Which 15 not to be underſtood ſimply and abſolutely ( as is manifeſt from God's cenſure upon Job for his hard and evil ſpeeches of him ) bur , comparatively : becauſe Job was not ſo much tobe blamed as th:y, i partly becauſe his opinion concerning the methods of Gods Provi-
dence,and the indiff:rency,and promiſcuouſneſs of its diſpenſatiops. y towards good and bad men was truer than theirs, which was that | Goddid generally reward good men and puniſh ſinners in this Life; partly becauſe their misbelief of God's counſels and dealings with | Men was attended with horrid uncharitabicneſsand cruelty rowards ' Job, whom they wounded with bi*ter and injurious Speeches, and condemned as an Hy pocrite,nct only withour ſufficient evidence, as Not being able to ſearch his Heart, bur upon falſe and frivolous grounds, to wit, his tore Affflitions, and againſt many Evidences of Piety which Job had given ; and partly becauſe Job's heavy preſſures might eaſily cloud and darken his mind,and draw forth his | Impatience and paſſionate Speeches ; which although it did nor' ' wholly excuſe 7b, yer did certainly much extenvate his Offences ; whereas they were under no ſuchTemprations orProvocations,cither
| from God or from Job, bur voluntarily broke forth unro their hard,
X and ſevere, and untrue Exprefſions concerning Goa's Counſels and Job's Conditions, thereby adding affliticn to him whom God did ſorely affli&, which was moſt unfriendly and inhuman.
8 Therefore take unto you now ſeven bullocks,and ſe-
f Heb: ba face, or, perſon,
your ſelves a burnt-offering,and my ſervant Job ſhal pray for you, for + him will I accept: : leaſt T deal with you after your folly u, in that ye have not ſpoken of me the thing which is right, like my ſervant Job
r Whom though you have cenſured ar.d condemned as an Hypo- crite, Town for my faichful Servanr, human infirmiry excepted. 5 By the hand of Fob, whom I do hereby conſtirire your Prizft ro Pray and Sacrifice for you, * To wit, on your behalfas well as on his own. « Leſt my wrath and juſt Judgmenr take hold of you for your falſe and fooliſh Speeches.
9 So Elephaz the Temanite; and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them x : the LORD allo accep- | ted * Job y. | } Heb: rhe