270 Chap.3'3, An Expofition upon the Book, of J o B. Vert*. 1,4 once, yea twice : As he fpeaks feverall wayes, fo feverall times, twice or thrice,poflibly,in the fame way;twice by vifions, twice by dreams, twice by ficknefles,and often by his Miniflers; Hefreak:. In duabuset fc: eth once, vielbus.i.e. bis quoduno verbo Tea twice, witun 913y9 I fcallconfider this twice three wayes, and give a brief note ¡tom femeli -' each. tenting; toqui- Firft, confider twice as tonumber ; twice ftric3ly taken is more tur deus uns then once. One is no number, but two is, admonition nonTemper con- Hence note. tenter. Druf s'od isfogracious that hefpeakronce and swine, once and a fecond time toinners. Who is there among us thathath not had experience of Gods fpeaking tohim more then once? And that not onlywith refpec Ito the various wayes of fpeaking, but with refpedl tovarious timesoffpeaking. He fpeakes more then onceby hisword, more thenonce byhis workes, whether ofjudgment, or ofmercy.Some (innersare confumed in a moment or at once, (as it is laid of Co- rah,. athan,and Abiramwith their confederates(Numb, ló,21.) others dye of a lingring conCumption. God waiteth to be grad.- ous, and, thereforehe rarely fpeaketh his all or ftriketh his all at once. He gives preceptupon preceppt,line upon lìne,he fends for- row upon forrow, croffe upon crofle, that =fanners may at laft re- member themfelves, returne and live. Secondly, As twice notes anumber, fo it may be confideredas a fmall number, yea as the fmalleft number ; twice or two is the firft number, the firfl Rep intonumber. They that doe a thing more then once cannot do it leffe then twice, nor can that number which is more then one be leffe then two. When the woman in thebook of Kings told the Prophet (1 Kings 17. 12.) I am going togather twoflick¿,. Her meaning was,a very few fticks,on- ly enow to make a little fire tobake a Cake with . And when the Spirit ofGod would (hew howfew, comparatively to the routof theWorld, they are and willbe that bear witnefle to the truths of Jeff's Chrift, he called] them two Witneffes ( Rev, r à. 3. ) they are anumber,yet expreft by the left number, that we fhould not have our eyes upon the multitude, or think,that is not the "truth
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