Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 17:8
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Job17:8
8. Upright men shall be astonied at this , and the innocent shall stir up himself against the Hypocrite .
Wise and good men, when they shall see and consider my calamities, will not be so forward to censure and condemn me, as you are, but will rather stand and wonder at the depth and mysteriousness of Gods Counsels and Judgments, which fall so heavily upon innocent men, while the worst of men prosper.
But, or Yet, notwithstanding all these sufferings of good men, and the astonishment which they cause, innocent or religious Persons shall be so far from joining their Opinions, and Counsels, and Interests, with Hypocrites, or prophane men, who thence take occasion to censure the afflicted Person, and to reproach, and condemn, and desert the Profession and Practice of Godliness, that they will stir up themselves against them in holy Indignation, and will oppose their wicked courses, and will prefer afflicted Piety before prosperous Iniquity.
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