The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

To show unto a man this righteousness] i. e. mans own righteousness (to say nothing of the other senses) for, it is the sin and unrighteousness of a man which causeth his disease, and the sense of that sin which makes his disease bitter and formidable: sin is the sting of every affliction: ⟨p. 111⟩now then omnis curatio fit per contraria, all cures are wrought by contraries, when therefore a faithful Messenger or Minister of Christ having made the sick man sensible of his sin, and afterwards of the pardon of it, and when he comes to discover to him his righteousness, uprightness, holiness, then God is gracious, &c. although it is not at all impossible that here may be a reference to Christs righteousness, for Job is no stranger to that, and the word ransom carries an evident relation thither. So that both may be conjoined.

To shew unto a man this righteousness] i. e. mans own righteousness (to say nothing of the other senses) for, it is the sin and unrighteousness of a man which causeth his disease, and the sense of that sin which makes his disease bitter and formidable: sin is the sting of every affliction: ⟨p. 111⟩now then omnis curatio fit per contraria, all cures are wrought by contraries, when therefore a faithful Messenger or Minister of Christ having made the sick man sensible of his sin, and afterwards of the pardon of it, and when he comes to discover to him his righteousness, uprightness, holiness, then God is gracious, &c. although it is not at all impossible that here may be a reference to Christs righteousness, for Job is no stranger to that, and the word ransom carries an evident relation thither. So that both may be conjoyned.

Then he (i. e. God) is gracious: God is always gracious in himself, in his own nature, but he is gracious to none, but in his own way and upon his own terms, God is not gracious to unrighteous & unholy persons: but when men return from their sins, &c God is gracious, and saith, i. e. God saith, Deliver him, — he saith so to his Minister, he gives him commission to deliver him, i. e. to declare him to be delivered, God delivers men authoritative & realiter, Ministers only Ministerialiter & declarative: it is an usual phrase Ministers are said to do, that which they declare God will do,