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

This comes in, lest any should think, because God is so excellent in power, so mighty in strength, that therefore he would carry things by violence or by mere force, as the sons of men, the mighty Nimrods of the world sometimes do: If they have strength ⟨p. 621⟩and power to do such or such things, they regard not Judgment nor Justice, they look not whether right or wrong; therefore Elihu, when he had said, God is excellent in power, presently adds, and in Judgment. As if he had said, Though the Lord excel all in power, and is able to crush the mightyest as a moth, yet he will not oppress any by his power; the worst of men shall find the Lord as much in judgment and righteousness, as he is in strength and power. And therefore, O Job, be assured, God hath not done thee any wrong, nor ever will. This I conceive to be the scope of Elihu in the connection of these two, The excellency of God in Judgment, as well as in Power.

This comes in, lest any should think, because God is so excelent in power, so mighty in strength, that therefore he would carry things by violence or by meer force, as the sons of men, the mighty Nimrods of the world somtimes do: If they have strength ⟨p. 621⟩and power to do such or such things, they regard not Judgment nor Justice, they look not whether right or wrong; therefore Elihu, when he had said, God is excellent in power, presently adds, and in Judgment. As if he had said, Though the Lord excel all in power, and is able to crush the mightyest as a moth, yet he will not oppress any by his power; the worst of men shall find the Lord as much in judgment and righteousness, as he is in strength and power. And therefore, O Job, be assured, God hath not done thee any wrong, nor ever will. This I conceive to be the scope of Elihu in the connexion of these two, The excellency of God in Judgment, as well as in Power.

But what are we to understand by judgment, in which Elihu saith God excels? In answer to this Query I shall first show that Judgment is taken four ways in Scripture, and then prove that God is excellent in Judgment, with respect to every one of them.