Chap. 33. An Expofttiesi upon the Bookof J o B. Verf. 14. s65 then he is tayd ro ipeake tous. (lieb: i; 1.) God who at f indry timer and in divers mannersfpáke in timepaff unto the fathers by the Prophets, bath in theft laft days fpoken to xs by his San. God fpake to the old fathers, asat many times, or by manyparrs, fo in divers wayes and manners ; he delivered his mind unto the peo- ple ufually by the Pror bets, and to the Prophets in dreames and ne' admonitts vifions. The fpeaking of God was either immediate from him- `fe i lo7. felfe in thole dreames and vifionsto the Prophets, or mediate by e./1, rfrnonfen- rfie Prophets. And though now God doth not ipeake to us im- per tnie et le. mediately as he did to the 'Prophets before Chrif+ came in the quarto. utfepe flea), and to the Apoflles after bewas come in the flesh, yet All ls`s° the P-opheticall and Apoflolicall writings are the fpeakings of lebst quocunq God to us, betideswhat he dayly fpeaketh to us (anfwerable to tandem made what iswritten) both inwardly by the workingsof his Spirit, and admoneat. outwardly by the workes of his providence. For he #eak,ethMerv: ence, etc. Hence note. In what way foevcr God reveales his minde untoman, hejeak.« unto him. Every manifestation of the will of Cod to us is a Sermon ; what,man fpeaketh to us according to the word of God, isto be received as the wordof God. For as God fpeaketh to us, though not formally, yet expreffely in the holy Scriptures, which are his word, fo he fpeaketh to usvertually, though not expreifely byhis works. And that, Firfi, by his workes ofcreation ; by themGod iscontinually opening and manifefling himfelfe to man in his wif- dome, power, and goodneffe. He fpeaketh to us, Secondly, by his works of providence, whether firs theybe works Of mercy ( every mercy bath a voyce in ir, every blefling afpeech) or fe- condiy, whether they be works of judgement (Micah 6. 9.) The Lords voyee cryeth unto the Citie, and the manofwifdome fieli fee thy name ; heart ye the rod, andwho bathappointed it. Sickneffes and laifes, the croffes and troubles that we meet with in the world, cry aloud to us, efpecially when they make us (as they often doe) cry aloud. As the heavens declare the glory of God, and thefirmament fheweth his handyworke , day unto day netcreek fpeech, and night unto night fheweth knowledge (Pfal: 19. I, 2.) fo thofe things that are done and acted night and day, utter the M m tninw
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