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

And the reason why Job was here charged by Elihu as a person not giving righteousness to God, was, because he did not sit down quietly and patiently under his hand in sufferings, but muttered and complained as a man unsatisfied with, though he did not openly murmur against the dealings of God with him. To give righteousness to God, is not only, not to accuse him as unrighteous and unjust, but to thank him for, and honour him in all that he doth, or to speak good of his Name, under all our sufferings of evil. Further, to ascribe righteousness to God, is to justify him, though he give never so much prosperity to unjust and wicked men (Jer. 12.1.) Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgements. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Some begin to think, surely God is not righteous, when they see the unrighteous prosper, and at rest, while righteous ones are afflicted with continual hurries and troubles; but whatsoever God doth with us or ours, whatsoever peace he gives to wicked men, whatsoever trouble to good men, he is still righteous; and to acknowledge this sincerely, is actually to do what Elihu undertakes to do, even to ascribe righteousness to our Maker. And surely that knowledge will quit the cost, ⟨p. 149⟩though we have fetched it very far, by which we are taught, and have learned to ascribe righteousness (for that's the ascribing of glo•y) to our Maker. I (saith Elihu) will ascribe righteousness To my Maker.

And the reason why Job was here charged by Elihu as a person not giving righteousness to God, was, because he did not sit down quietly and patiently under his hand in sufferings, but muttered and complained as a man unsatisfied with, though he did not openly murmur against the dealings of God with him. To give righteousness to God, is not only, not to accuse him as unrighteous and unjust, but to thank him for, and honour him in all that he doth, or to speak good of his Name, under all our sufferings of evil. Further, to ascribe righteousness to God, is to justifie him, though he give never so much prosperity to unjust and wicked men (Jer. 12.1.) Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee; yet let me talke with thee of thy judgements. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Some begin to think, surely God is not righteous, when they see the unrighteous prosper, and at rest, while righteous ones are afflicted with continual hurries and troubles; but whatsoever God doth with us or ours, whatsoever peace he gives to wicked men, whatsoever trouble to good men, he is still righteous; and to acknowledge this sincerely, is actually to do what Elihu undertakes to do, even to ascribe righteousness to our Maker. And surely that knowledge will quit the cost,