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John Trapp on Job 10:7

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Job10:7

Verſe 7. Thou knoweſt that I am not wicked] A lewd liver, and a rank hypocrite as theſe men would make of me; a ſinner I am, but I allow not, wallow not in any known ſin: there is no way of wickedneſſe found in me; hypocriſie reigns not in my heart: Haeret in regenitis peccatum, ſaith one, ſin abideth in the beſt; yet they may not, they muſt not be called wicked.Cyril. lib. 9. i[illegible: 1 letter] Julian. Julian the Apoſtate affirmed that Peters halting at Antioch, was ſo taxed by Paul, that Peter muſt needs be an hypocrite; but this cavil and calumny can never be proved from Pauls words, for not every one that through infirmity diſſembleth ſometimes, is preſently an hypocrite. It is upon thy knowledge, ſaith Job, that however I am weak, yet wicked I am not: my great ſcumme is not in me, Ezek. 24.11, 12. The good heart admits not the mixture of any ſin; like right wine or hony, as the ſcumme ariſeth, it ever caſteth it out: as ſpring-water worketh it ſelf clean: as the ſea will endure no poiſonful thing, but caſts it up upon the ſhore, ſo a Chriſtian cleareth himſelf of ſin. Well it may cleave to it for a while, as droſſe doth to ſilver, but it entreth not into the frame and conſtitution: Job is confident of that, and will venture all upon it.

And there is none (or nothing) that can deliver out of thine hands] q. d. Thus thou, Lord, knoweſt it to be with me, that I have no wicked heart: but for this,Junius. I expect not to be delivered, for thou canſt ſtill find matter in me for which to lay thine hand upon me: But the more I ſubmit my ſelf, the more mild ſhouldſt thou ſurely be in thy dealings toward me; as a Lion to a man crouching to him: as Paul ſaid, I know nothing by my ſelfe, yet am I not thereby juſtified 1 Cor. 4.4. So Job ſaith, Lord, thou knoweſt nothing by me, yet hereby I cannot be delivered.

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