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yea_o and_o save_v their_o soul_n among_o and_o towards_o who_o he_o have_v diligent_o use_v those_o mean_n appoint_v by_o god_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o those_o great_a and_o noble_a end_n though_o possible_o those_o end_n be_v not_o attain_v god_n himself_o reckon_v thus_o of_o all_o the_o labour_n of_o his_o faithful_a servant_n they_o shall_v be_v reward_v as_o have_v do_v that_o which_o they_o have_v be_v do_v with_o their_o heart_n hand_n and_o tongue_n though_o they_o see_v little_a fruit_n of_o either_o then_o i_o say_v i_o have_v labour_v in_o vain_a isa_n 49.4_o but_o though_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o those_o for_o who_o he_o labour_v that_o be_v they_o get_v no_o good_a by_o it_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o in_o vain_a to_o he_o who_o labour_v he_o get_v much_o good_a by_o it_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o same_o verse_n sure_o my_o judgement_n be_v with_o the_o lord_n and_o my_o work_n or_o my_o reward_n one_o word_n signify_v both_o reward_n and_o work_n to_o show_v that_o these_o can_v never_o be_v separate_v my_o work_n say_v he_o be_v with_o my_o god_n and_o verse_n 5._o though_o israel_n be_v not_o gather_v yet_o shall_v i_o be_v glorious_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o my_o god_n shall_v be_v my_o strength_n as_o we_o be_v not_o to_o judge_v of_o the_o goodness_n of_o any_o cause_n by_o the_o success_n but_o by_o the_o justice_n of_o it_o so_o neither_o do_v god_n adjudge_v the_o reward_n of_o any_o work_n by_o the_o success_n but_o by_o the_o goodness_n of_o it_o together_o with_o the_o sweat_n and_o sincerity_n of_o he_o that_o do_v it_o as_o the_o will_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n be_v accept_v for_o the_o deed_n so_o his_o deed_n be_v accept_v for_o the_o success_n job_n chap._n 16._o verse_n 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o though_o i_o speak_v my_o grief_n be_v not_o assuage_v and_o though_o i_o forbear_v what_o be_o i_o ease_v but_o now_o he_o have_v make_v i_o weary_a thou_o have_v make_v desolate_a all_o my_o company_n and_o thou_o have_v fill_v i_o with_o wrinkle_n which_o be_v a_o witness_n against_o i_o and_o my_o leanness_n rise_v up_o in_o i_o bear_v witness_n to_o my_o face_n he_o tear_v i_o in_o his_o wrath_n who_o hate_v i_o he_o gnash_v upon_o i_o with_o his_o tooth_n my_o enemy_n sharpen_v his_o eye_n upon_o i_o they_o have_v gape_v upon_o i_o with_o their_o mouth_n they_o have_v smite_v i_o upon_o the_o cheek_n reproachful_o they_o have_v gather_v themselves_o together_o against_o i_o god_n have_v deliver_v i_o to_o the_o ungodly_a and_o turn_v i_o over_o to_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o the_o five_o former_a verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n job_n reprove_v the_o personal_a fayling_n of_o his_o friend_n towards_o he_o he_o now_o enter_v upon_o the_o confutation_n of_o their_o opinion_n this_o be_v the_o constant_a method_n both_o of_o job_n and_o his_o friend_n they_o never_o come_v to_o the_o matter_n till_o they_o have_v fall_v upon_o the_o man_n nor_o touch_v the_o opinion_n till_o they_o have_v deal_v with_o the_o person_n and_o this_o be_v the_o tenor_n of_o most_o man_n spirit_n to_o this_o day_n in_o dispute_n and_o controversy_n and_o some_o do_v not_o only_o deal_v with_o the_o man_n before_o the_o matter_n but_o lose_v the_o matter_n in_o deal_v with_o the_o man_n entangle_v and_o engage_v themselves_o so_o much_o in_o personal_a quarrel_n that_o they_o forget_v or_o desert_n the_o doctrinal_a quarrel_n job_n and_o his_o friend_n though_o they_o be_v too_o mindful_a of_o the_o former_a yet_o they_o do_v not_o forget_v the_o latter_a and_o here_o job_n address_v himself_o unto_o it_o yet_o before_o he_o enter_v upon_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n he_o set_v forth_o his_o own_o state_n and_o show_v how_o it_o be_v with_o he_o grant_v which_o eliphaz_n have_v make_v the_o ground_n of_o his_o accusation_n that_o he_o be_v in_o a_o extreme_o afflict_a condition_n yet_o deny_v what_o he_o from_o thence_o infer_v that_o he_o be_v therefore_o wicked_a or_o continue_v know_o in_o any_o sinful_a course_n he_o describe_v his_o affliction_n with_o much_o variety_n of_o argument_n and_o elocution_n to_o the_o seventeen_o verse_n first_o aggravate_v they_o by_o their_o unmoveablenesse_n or_o remedilesnesse_n his_o sorrow_n be_v stubborn_a and_o such_o as_o will_v not_o yield_v to_o any_o kind_n of_o remedy_n verse_n 6._o though_o i_o speak_v my_o grief_n be_v not_o assuage_v and_o though_o i_o forbear_v what_o be_o i_o ease_v in_o the_o former_a verse_n job_n speak_v in_o a_o high_a strain_n of_o assurance_n that_o if_o his_o friend_n be_v afflict_v the_o move_n of_o his_o lip_n shall_v assuage_v their_o grief_n but_o it_o seem_v his_o own_o experience_n have_v teach_v he_o that_o the_o move_n of_o his_o lip_n can_v not_o assuage_v his_o own_o grief_n though_o i_o speak_v say_v he_o here_o my_o grief_n be_v not_o assuage_v hence_o observe_v a_o man_n may_v do_v that_o for_o other_o which_o he_o can_v do_v for_o himself_o he_o may_v comfort_v other_o in_o their_o sorrow_n when_o he_o can_v comfort_v himself_o he_o may_v resolve_v other_o in_o their_o doubt_n when_o he_o can_v resolve_v himself_o he_o may_v answer_v to_o case_n which_o their_o conscience_n put_v he_o when_o he_o can_v answer_v his_o own_o yea_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o speak_v such_o word_n to_o another_o as_o may_v turn_v he_o from_o his_o sin_n and_o save_v his_o soul_n and_o yet_o himself_o continue_v in_o sin_n and_o lose_v his_o own_o soul_n for_o ever_o naturalist_n have_v a_o rule_n concern_v the_o sense_n that_o when_o a_o sensible_a object_n be_v bring_v too_o near_o or_o lay_v upon_o the_o sense_n it_o not_o only_o hinder_v but_o take_v away_o the_o present_a sensation_n this_o hold_v a_o proportion_n in_o rational_a act_n the_o near_a any_o one_o be_v to_o we_o in_o relation_n the_o hard_a it_o be_v to_o fix_v counsel_n upon_o he_o and_o because_o we_o be_v near_a to_o ourselves_o therefore_o it_o be_v hard_a of_o all_o to_o counsel_v ourselves_o our_o saviour_n christ_n prevent_v what_o he_o foresee_v some_o ready_a to_o object_n against_o he_o luke_o 4.23_o you_o will_v sure_o say_v unto_o i_o this_o proverb_n physician_n heal_v thyself_o the_o proverb_n in_o its_o original_a be_v i_o conceive_v to_o be_v understand_v personal_o but_o as_o christ_n suggest_v it_o there_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v national_o or_o provincial_o heale_n thyself_o be_v heal_v thy_o own_o country_n exercise_v thy_o power_n of_o work_a miracle_n there_o as_o well_o as_o thou_o have_v do_v it_o in_o other_o place_n that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o appear_v plain_o by_o the_o next_o word_n whatsoever_o we_o have_v hear_v do_v in_o canaan_n do_v also_o in_o thy_o own_o country_n for_o christ_n as_o yet_o have_v wrought_v no_o mighty_a work_n of_o heal_v there_o mark_n 6.5_o but_o why_o be_v christ_n so_o slow_a in_o manifest_v himself_o to_o his_o own_o countryman_n he_o give_v the_o reason_n verse_n 24._o and_o he_o say_v very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o no_o prophet_n be_v accept_v in_o his_o own_o country_n the_o gospel_n of_o mark_n chap._n 6.4_o add_v then_o close_a relation_n his_o own_o kin_n and_o his_o own_o house_n they_o in_o a_o man_n house_n be_v near_o to_o he_o then_o his_o kindred_n abroad_o and_o his_o kindred_n be_v near_o to_o he_o then_o his_o countryman_n now_o among_o these_o a_o prophet_n have_v no_o honour_n they_o know_v he_o so_o much_o that_o they_o do_v not_o respect_v he_o or_o his_o say_n the_o jew_n say_v be_v not_o this_o the_o carpenter_n the_o son_n of_o mary_n the_o brother_n of_o james_n etc._n etc._n christ_n be_v thus_o near_o to_o they_o have_v little_a honour_n among_o they_o now_o for_o as_o much_o as_o a_o man_n be_v near_o to_o himself_o not_o only_o then_o his_o countryman_n but_o then_o any_o of_o his_o kin_n therefore_o his_o own_o counsel_n and_o comfort_n have_v ordinary_o so_o little_a effect_n upon_o himself_o he_o be_v not_o accept_v in_o his_o own_o breast_n there_o be_v some_o indeed_o so_o gracious_a or_o great_a in_o their_o own_o eye_n that_o they_o will_v ask_v counsel_n of_o none_o but_o themselves_o nor_o follow_v any_o advice_n but_o their_o own_o but_o usual_o man_n seek_v out_o as_o be_v neither_o able_a to_o satisfy_v his_o own_o doubt_n nor_o abate_v his_o own_o sorrow_n though_o possible_o more_o able_a for_o both_o than_o he_o to_o who_o he_o seek_v though_o i_o speak_v my_o grief_n be_v not_o assuage_v and_o though_o i_o forbear_v what_o be_o i_o ease_v some_o conceive_v job_n speak_v here_o like_o a_o orator_n who_o seem_v to_o stand_v in_o doubt_n what_o to_o do_v vulg._n
either_o to_o our_o future_a or_o our_o present_a peace_n thus_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n be_v send_v to_o preach_v that_o people_n blind_a and_o deaf_a and_o ignorant_a chap._n 6.9_o 10._o go_v tell_v this_o people_n hear_v you_o indeed_o but_o understand_v not_o and_o see_v you_o indeed_o but_o perceive_v not_o make_v the_o heart_n of_o this_o people_n fat_a and_o make_v their_o ear_n heavy_a and_o shut_v their_o eye_n lest_o they_o see_v with_o their_o eye_n and_o hear_v with_o their_o ear_n and_o understand_v with_o their_o heart_n and_o convert_v and_o be_v heal_v as_o if_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v this_o people_n shall_v want_v neither_o mean_n nor_o minister_n neither_o word_n nor_o light_n but_o they_o shall_v reap_v no_o benefit_n neither_o by_o mean_n nor_o minister_n neither_o by_o word_n nor_o light_n yea_o all_o these_o mean_n shall_v produce_v contrary_a effect_n they_o shall_v be_v harden_v and_o not_o soften_v blind_a and_o not_o enlighten_v their_o ear_n shall_v be_v deafen_a not_o bore_v by_o the_o word_n they_o will_v not_o hear_v therefore_o they_o shall_v not_o they_o will_v not_o understand_v therefore_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o understand_v they_o who_o refuse_v the_o offer_n of_o mercy_n shall_v be_v destroy_v with_o the_o offer_v of_o mercy_n and_o as_o god_n do_v often_o take_v away_o the_o gospel_n in_o wrath_n so_o he_o sometime_o send_v it_o in_o wrath_n it_o be_v a_o great_a misery_n to_o have_v the_o gospel_n hide_v from_o a_o people_n for_o want_n of_o revelation_n but_o it_o be_v low_a misery_n to_o have_v it_o hide_v in_o the_o revelation_n jerusalem_n signify_v the_o vision_n or_o sight_n of_o peace_n and_o this_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o jerusalem_n yet_o at_o last_o this_o glory_n be_v take_v from_o jerusalem_n though_o her_o name_n continue_v jerusalem_n the_o sight_n of_o peace_n can_v not_o see_v her_o peace_n luke_o 19.41_o 42_o 43._o when_o christ_n come_v near_o to_o jerusalem_n he_o behold_v the_o city_n and_o weep_v over_o it_o say_v if_o thou_o have_v know_v even_o thou_o at_o least_o in_o this_o thy_o day_n the_o thing_n which_o belong_v unto_o thy_o peace_n what_o then_o christ_n suppress_v the_o happiness_n which_o they_o shall_v have_v enjoy_v by_o such_o a_o sight_n with_o a_o silent_a admiration_n and_o only_o tell_v they_o weep_v but_o now_o they_o be_v hide_v from_o thy_o eye_n how_o hide_v be_v there_o no_o more_o preach_v in_o jerusalem_n no_o public_a ministry_n after_o that_o day_n yes_o the_o whole_a college_n of_o apostle_n preach_v there_o and_o they_o preach_v the_o thing_n which_o belong_v both_o to_o their_o temporal_a and_o to_o their_o eternal_a peace_n yet_o as_o the_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o their_o eternal_a peace_n be_v hide_v from_o most_o of_o their_o eye_n so_o the_o thing_n which_o concern_v their_o temporal_a peace_n be_v hide_v from_o so_o many_o of_o their_o eye_n that_o their_o ruin_n be_v unavoidable_a god_n hide_v their_o heart_n from_o understanding_n therefore_o he_o do_v not_o exalt_v they_o yea_o therefore_o he_o cast_v they_o down_o thus_o job_n describe_v the_o sequel_n of_o that_o sad_a dispensation_n to_o his_o friend_n thou_o have_v hide_v their_o heart_n from_o understanding_n what_o follow_v therefore_o shall_v thou_o not_o exalt_v they_o master_n broughton_n render_v it_o therefore_o thou_o shall_v not_o give_v they_o honour_n and_o be_v this_o all_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v exalt_v or_o honour_v no_o the_o negative_a have_v this_o affirmative_a in_o it_o thou_o will_v therefore_o cast_v they_o down_o or_o humble_v they_o as_o prov._n 17.21_o solomon_n speak_v of_o the_o father_n of_o a_o fool_n he_o that_o beget_v a_o fool_n do_v it_o to_o his_o sorrow_n and_o the_o father_n of_o a_o fool_n have_v no_o joy_n be_v that_o all_o that_o he_o have_v no_o joy_n no_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o father_n of_o a_o fool_n have_v much_o sorrow_n yea_o the_o denial_n of_o all_o joy_n affirm_v more_o than_o the_o feel_n of_o much_o sorrow_n for_o it_o speak_v all_o sorrow_n so_o to_o accept_v person_n in_o judgement_n be_v not_o good_a that_o be_v it_o be_v extreme_a ill_n there_o be_v nothing_o worse_o than_o that_o which_o in_o this_o sense_n be_v not_o good_a thus_o here_o thou_o have_v hide_v their_o heart_n from_o understanding_n therefore_o shall_v thou_o not_o exalt_v they_o that_o be_v thou_o shall_v humble_v and_o abase_v they_o and_o though_o non-exaltation_n in_o this_o place_n do_v not_o carry_v all_o kind_n or_o the_o extremity_n of_o abasement_n yet_o it_o carry_v a_o very_a great_a abasement_n why_o what_o be_v this_o abasement_n or_o non-exaltation_n we_o may_v interpret_v it_o two_o way_n thou_o shall_v not_o exalt_v they_o that_o be_v first_o thou_o shall_v not_o give_v they_o this_o honour_n to_o determine_v my_o cause_n thou_o will_v take_v the_o matter_n out_o of_o their_o hand_n into_o thy_o own_o or_o thou_o will_v put_v it_o into_o some_o other_o hand_n second_o thou_o shall_v not_o exalt_v they_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o conquest_n over_o i_o bold_n hinc_fw-la colligo_fw-la te_fw-la nolle_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la reportata_fw-la super_fw-la i_o victoria_fw-la glorientur_fw-la bold_n or_o to_o carry_v the_o cause_n against_o i_o yea_o they_o shall_v be_v overthrow_v and_o the_o cause_n shall_v go_v against_o they_o both_o these_o way_n answer_v the_o event_n job_n three_o friend_n have_v neither_o the_o honour_n to_o end_v this_o controversy_n nor_o do_v they_o at_o all_o prevail_v in_o the_o end_n they_o go_v not_o away_o with_o victory_n nor_o can_v they_o glory_v that_o they_o have_v get_v the_o day_n of_o job_n thou_o shall_v not_o exalt_v they_o note_v hence_o first_o exaltation_n be_v from_o god_n promotion_n come_v neither_o from_o the_o east_n nor_o from_o the_o west_n nor_o from_o the_o south_n that_o be_v it_o come_v not_o by_o the_o power_n of_o any_o creature_n in_o any_o coast_n or_o quarter_n of_o the_o earth_n whence_o come_v it_o then_o the_o next_o verse_n direct_v we_o for_o god_n be_v the_o judge_n he_o put_v down_o one_o and_o set_v up_o another_o psal_n 75.6_o 7._o we_o can_v no_o more_o make_v ourselves_o great_a man_n than_o we_o can_v make_v ourselves_o man_n our_o civil_a frame_n be_v as_o much_o from_o god_n as_o our_o natural_a by_o what_o hand_n soever_o we_o be_v exalt_v it_o be_v god_n that_o exalt_v we_o second_o observe_v god_n hide_v understand_v from_o they_o who_o he_o be_v about_o to_o abase_v or_o cast_v down_o the_o fall_n of_o most_o man_n be_v from_o their_o own_o folly_n and_o usual_o god_n take_v away_o their_o wisdom_n who_o honour_n he_o take_v away_o they_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o way_n to_o their_o own_o preservation_n who_o be_v intend_v for_o destruction_n all_o age_n have_v teach_v we_o this_o doctrine_n in_o the_o downfall_n of_o the_o great_a prince_n who_o have_v refuse_v all_o counsel_n and_o overture_n for_o their_o own_o good_a dementat_fw-la quos_fw-la perdere_fw-la vult_fw-la jupiter_n hos_fw-la dementat_fw-la till_o their_o evil_n have_v prove_v past_o cure_n and_o themselves_o irrecoverable_o lose_v that_o which_o a_o child_n may_v foresee_v they_o have_v have_v no_o eye_n to_o see_v nor_o heart_n to_o consider_v because_o god_n will_v either_o not_o exalt_v they_o or_o not_o establish_v they_o in_o their_o exaltation_n therefore_o he_o hide_v their_o heart_n from_o understand_v the_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o peace_n fool_n be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v exalt_v to_o high_a place_n and_o whâ—n_o once_o we_o see_v those_o who_o be_v in_o high_a place_n act_v the_o foolish_a man_n we_o shall_v soon_o see_v they_o tumble_v down_o from_o their_o high_a place_n and_o act_v the_o miserable_a man_n some_o who_o be_v never_o very_o wise_a have_v be_v exalt_v to_o and_o continue_v in_o high_a place_n but_o there_o be_v scarce_o ever_o any_o man_n who_o in_o this_o sense_n lose_v his_o wit_n that_o have_v either_o be_v exalt_v to_o a_o high_a place_n or_o continue_v in_o his_o exaltation_n three_o consider_v those_o particular_n wherein_o the_o non-exaltation_n here_o prophesy_v of_o do_v consist_v observe_v it_o be_v a_o honour_n to_o hear_v and_o judge_v the_o cause_n of_o another_o man_n god_n be_v the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n he_o will_v hear_v nad_z determine_v the_o cause_n and_o case_n of_o all_o mankind_n he_o that_o have_v the_o hear_n but_o of_o any_o one_o case_n share_v in_o this_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o they_o who_o be_v set_v apart_o by_o office_n to_o do_v so_o be_v call_v god_n psal_n 82._o god_n put_v so_o much_o of_o his_o own_o work_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o judge_n that_o he_o therefore_o put_v his_o own_o name_n upon_o he_o again_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o job_n friend_n not_o as_o judge_n of_o his_o case_n