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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27995	The book of Job paraphras'd by Symon Patrick ...	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1679 (1679)	Wing B2639; ESTC R38814	190,572	364

thereof 12. If these observations be not sufficient to convince thee hear what God himself secretly whispered to me 13. In thoughts from the visions of the night when deep sleep falleth on men 13. As I was ruminating one night when all were asleep of some Visions which I had had 14. Fear came upon me and trembling which made all my bones to shake 14. I was on a sudden seized with such a fear that it made every joynt of my body tremble 15. Then a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up 15. Whereupon I saw a Spirit pass by me which made mine hair stand an end 16. It stood still but I could not discern the form thereof an image was before mine eyes there was silence and I heard a voice saying 16. I am not able to describe what it was like for though it stood still and I saw an image of something yet I can onely tell what I heard in a still voice saying 17. Shall mortal man be more just then God shall a man be more pure then his maker 17. Can any one think that a miserable Man is more righteous then God his Judge or that it is possible for any-body to be more unreprovable then He that made him 18. Behold he put no trust in his servants and his angels he charged with folly 18. The Heavenly Ministers themselves may fail for they are not perfectly wise though they have no flesh and bloud as we have 19. How much less on them that dwell in houses of clay whose foundation is in the dust which are crushed before the moth 19. How can we then pretend to Perfection who dwell in bodies of dirt which stand upon no firm foundation but are as subject to be destroyed as a garment to be fretted with moths 20. They are destroyed from morning to evening they perish for ever without any regarding it 20. We see continual examples of those that are cut off they are quite taken away when no-body thinks of it 21. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away they die even without wisedome 21. Though their Dignities be never so great and their Posterity never so numerous all go away with them and they die like so many Beasts who have no understanding of their latter end CHAP. V. ARGUMENT Eliphaz still prosecutes the very same Argument endeavouring to confirm it from the opinion and observation of other men as well as from his own And thereupon exhorts him to Repentance as the surest way to find mercy with God and to be not onely restored to his former Prosperity but to be preserved hereafter from the Incursions of savage people or of wild beasts and from all the rest of the Disasters which had befaln him Of this he bids him in the conclusion to be assured for it was a point he had studied 1. CALL now if there be any that will answer thee and to which of the saints wilt thou turn 1. IF thou dost not believe me thou mayst enquire of others There is no good man but is of this opinion and if an Angel should appear to thee as there did to me thou wouldst have no other information but this 2. For wrath killeth the foolish man and envy slayeth the silly one 2. That God in his anger and indignation destroys the wicked and him that errs from his Precepts 3. I have seen the foolish taking root but suddenly I cursed his habitation 3. This is so certain that I have predicted his downfall when he seemed most firmly settled in his Prosperity 4. His children are far from safety and they are crushed in the gate neither is there any to deliver them 4. His Children also fell with him Justice took hold of them and would not let them escape 5. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up and taketh it even out of the thorns and the robber swalloweth up their substance 5. The hungry Souldier devoured their harvest there was no fence could secure it but the rest of their riches became a prey to the Robber 6. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust neither doth trouble spring out of the ground 6. For we are not to ascribe the Trouble and Misery of mankind merely to earthly Causes which are but the instruments of God's Justice 7. Yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward 7. Who hath made it as natural to Man to suffer having offended Him as it is for the sparks to fly upward 8. I would seek unto God and unto God would I commit my cause 8. Wherefore if I were in thy case I would humbly address my self to God and desire Him to order all things as He pleases 9. Which doeth great things and unsearchable marvellous things without number 9. For He is the Authour of all those wonderfull things whose Causes we can no more find out then we can count their number 10. Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields 10. Of the Rain for instance in its season and of the Springs which run in the fields 11. To set up on high those that below that those which mourn may be exalted to safety 11. Whereby men of low condition are inriched and grow great as the plants and corn shoot out of the earth after they are moistned with Showrs 12. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise 12. And on the contrary He defeats the craftiest Designs of subtle men to raise themselves and it is not in their power to effect that which they have most wisely contrived 13. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong 13. Nay they produce that which they studied to avoid and when they think themselves sure make too much haste to their ruine 14. They meet with darkness in the day-time and grope in the noon-day as in the night 14. They trip in the plainest way and see not their danger when it is visible to every-body but themselves 15. But he saveth the poor from the sword from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty 15. Whereby many a helpless man is delivered both from the open force and from the treacherous flatteries or calumnies of those that are too strong for them 16. So the poor hath hope and iniquity stoppeth her mouth 16. And therefore he that is oppressed should not despair nor should the Oppressours boast themselves for there is hope that God will save the one to the utter destruction of the other 17. Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty 17. Behold then how little reason there is to complain of God's Chastisements which if thou dost not refuse He is able to turn to thy good 18. For he

must still maintain that this deadly Wound is given me for no Crime of mine 7. What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water 7. Did you ever know such a man as Job who in stead of adoring the Almighty as becomes his Wisedom and Piety takes the liberty to pour out abundance of contemptuous language concerning his Judgments 8. Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity and walketh with wicked men 8. He associates himself with Evil-doers and talks after the same rate that the Wicked are wont to do 9. For he hath said It profiteth a man nothing that he shall delight himself with God 9. For he seems to me to be of this opinion that though a man study to please God he shall get nothing by it IX 22. 10. Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding far be it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity 10. What think you of this ye men of wisedom Do you not abhor such a thought as much as I that He who is Almighty should wrong any man and He who is All-sufficient should swerve from the rule of Righteousness 11. For the work of a man shall he render unto him and cause every man to find according to his ways 11. He will never be charged with such Weakness but always deals with men according as they deserve For he that doeth well never fails to find a Reward and he that doeth ill meets with a just Punishment 12. Yea surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment 12. Surely I need not fear to affirm this with the greatest confidence that the Supreme Judge of the World will never condemn an Innocent person nor will He that possesses all things be corrupted to pronounce an unrighteous Sentence 13. Who hath given him a charge over the earth or who hath disposed the whole world 13. For He did not receive the Government of the world from any above himself nor is there any higher Being whose Authority He may be thought to dread and for fear of whom He may be tempted to doe unjustly 14. If he set his heart upon man if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath 14. No He made and He sustains all creatures so that if he should contain his Goodness within Himself and recall that Spirit and Life which He hath infused into them 15. All flesh shall perish together and man shall turn again unto dust 15. Nothing could subsist one moment but all Mankind would expire together and return unto their dust 16. If now thou hast understanding hear this hearken to the voice of my words 16. If thou art wise mind what I say and consider also what follows 17. Shall even he that hateth right govern and wilt thou condemn him that is most just 17. Can he be an enemy to Justice Himself who binds us so fast to the practice of it and wilt thou condemn His Actions who is most powerfull as well as just and therefore need not serve himself by any wrongfull dealing 18. Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked and to princes Ye are ungodly 18. There is no King on Earth but looks upon it as a great and unsufferable reproach to be called a Tyrant nor will inferiour Rulers endure you should say that they have no regard to Equity 19. How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes nor regardeth the rich more then the poor for they all are the work of his hands 19. Shall we impute then any such thing to Him before whom a Prince or a Rich man is no more then the meanest and poorest persons who shall have the same Justice from Him with the greatest because they are all alike the work of his Hands 20. In a moment shall they die and the people shall be troubled at midnight and pass away and the mighty shall be taken away without hand 20. How should He stand in awe of the Power of Kings or be bribed with the Gifts of the rich who can strike them all dead in a moment Whole Nations tremble before Him and in their deepest security are destroyed He needs not the help of any force on earth to put down a mighty Tyrant but invisible powers carry him away 21. For his eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his goings 21. For there is no one passage of man's Life but He is acquainted with it and therefore cannot be suspected through Ignorance of their actions no more then through fear of their persons to overlook their Crimes or to doe them any Injustice 22. There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves 22. They may seek to hide their Wickedness when they have committed it and may make Excuses and subtle Pretences But they cannot cast a mist before His eyes who sees into the thickest Darkness and the deepest Secrets 23. For he will not lay upon man more then right that he should enter into judgment with God 23. And therefore as He will never charge man with that of which he is not guilty so when He calls him to an account He will not delay nor put off his Judgment to hear what man can say for himself 24. He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their stead 24. For He needs not be informed how matters stand and therefore breaks in pieces Mighty men without inquiry or examination of witnesses against them and confers their Dignity upon others 25. Therefore he knoweth their works and he overturneth them in the night so that they are destroyed 25. And by this means shews that He knows their works when He so suddenly overturns them that they are crushed in pieces 26. He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others 26. He punishes them as men that in his eyes are apparently wicked and therefore makes them publick Examples for the terrour of their neighbours 27. Because they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways 27. Because they would not follow his Counsels nor regard any of his Commands 28. So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him and he heareth the cry of the afflicted 28. But went on in their Oppression of the Poor till they cried to Heaven for Vengeance upon them and the Cry of such afflicted people God never fails to answer 29. When he giveth quietness who then can make trouble and when he hideth his face who then can behold him whether it be done against a nation or against a man onely 29. And if He will grant such poor wretches rest and ease who can disturb them or if He be angry with their Oppressour who can shew him favour which is as true