Chap. 3 3. fin Expofitron upon the Bookof .1 o B. Vert. 14. 275 word manis rather to be fupplyed, Godfpeaketh once, yea twice'; and man perceiveth it not 'Tis common in Scripture to leave fuch words unexpreffed, as mull necefa ily be undertlood. And therefore I (hall only iniî(i upon our ovvne tranflation. Yet before I proceed to thar,I fhalltouch upon another read- ing of thefe words,as referring unto man,which doth not fo much carry a reproofe of mans dullneffe , as a commendation of Gods goodneffe, thus ; Codfpeákrs once, yea twice, ifman perceiveth it Loquitur dens not. As if he had fayd, Ifmanbefo weake and dark!, fa dull and fowl et due- flaw ofapprehenfion, oes net to perceive Gods minde at his firff fpeak- ®d (v:cibno) ing, yet Gcd is ufually fo gracious and condefcending cis tofpeake eonfrderaRit twice, or a fecond time, even to that man. This reading doth ex- am. pifc, ceedingly exalt and fet forth the goodneffe and gracioufneffe of . God ; and we have frequent experience of it , that when God fpeakes once, and findes creatures dull of hearing, he fpeakes a fecond time. Our reading gives in thefe words as a charge ofmans darkneffe and flowneffe to apprehend the meaning of God fpeaking to us either in his word or works. Godfpeakes once, yea twice, Yet man perceiveth itnot, The Hebrew is, manTeeth it not. There is an eye in the under- ;13 TV Kt" (landing, the mind of man heholdeth the fence ofwords, even as Non viderit il- his bodily eye beholdeth the colours, and dimenfions of any l sod d: bolo rnarerialÍ óbjeéf Yet the eye of mans mind is to bleared and quitar T bo dim-fighted that thoughGodi},eak once, yea twice, he feeth, he hoc 1tw Eliha perceiveth it not. That is, he doth not clearly perceive it. Elihu utitur fenies makes ufe of this wordfix times, yob thrice, Zophar once, in all obter Zphut whichplaces, they intend an exact obfervation and through ipecu-fiimoevieTddeir lation ofthe matter which they treateupon, either in the affirma- gens et clara tive Or in the negative ; here as a rebuke to man Elihumakes frgnificarifpe- ufe of it in the negative, man perceiveth it not, colatio et obfet. vatio curio/n. Hence note. Coc. Man of him[elf cannot perceive the mind ofGod infpirituall fpeakings, or Codfpeak,ng aboutfpirituallthins. Thepropheticall Sermons are called vifions; The vijion ofIfa- 'N n z iah
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