An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

As if he had said, I told thee before, if thou hadst humbled thy self, thou shouldest have had a large place, and full table, store of mercies and favours; but now judgment and justice take hold of thee. ¹Here are two words which sometimes are used distinctly, but here they signify the same thing, or the one is but an explanation of the other. Justice and Judgment; some take justice for the habit, and judgment for the act, exercise or decree; as if he had said, Justice hath sent forth Judgment upon thee, and now both take hold of thee; God hath no•ed thy sin in thy sad condition. Yet the original doth not determine it upon Jobs person expressly, it doth not say, Justice and Judgment take hold of thee, but Justice and Judgment take hold; we supply they take hold of thee, for that's it which Elihu intends; Justice and Judgment take hold of thee, O J•b, nor will they let thee go. We find the word so used in several places, (Prov. 3.18.) Wisdom is a tree ⟨p. 293⟩of life to them that lay hold upon her. And as the believers closing with and hold-fast upon Christ is expressed by this word, so also is the hold which sin takes of an unbeliever (Prov. 5.22.) His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. Judgment and Justice take hold of thee.

As if he had said, I told thee before, if thou had'st humbled thy self, thou shouldest have had a large place, and full table, store of mercies and favours; but now judgment and justice take hold of thee. ¹Here are two words which sometimes are used distinctly, but here they signifie the same thing, or the one is but an explanation of the other. Justice and Judgment; some take justice for the habit, and judgment for the act, exercise or decree; as if he had said, Justice hath sent forth Judgment upon thee, and now both take hold of thee; God hath no•ed thy sin in thy sad condition. Yet the original doth not determine it upon Jobs person expresly, it doth not say, Justice and Judgment take hold of thee, but Justice and Judgment take hold; we supply they take hold of thee, for that's it which Elihu intends; Justice and Judgment take hold of thee, O Jb, nor will they let thee go. We find the word so used in several places, (