28o Chap. 3 3. An Expofition capon the Book,of Jos. Verf, i r JOB. Chap. 33. Verf. 15,16,17,18. Jn a dream, in a vifionif the night, aviàn deep flap fal'eth upon men, inAssisberings upon thebed: Then he openeth the ears ofmen, andfedleth their irs- firu lion. That he may withdraw man .. from his purpofe, and hide pride fromman. He keepeth back his foade from thepit , and his life from perifbing by the fword. ELihu having laid in the former verle, that, Godfpeaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it nor; proceeds to give in- fiance of rhofe feverall wages by which God fpeaketh toman. His firfi Inftance is given (v. 15. ) where he brings in God fpeaking to manin dreams and vifions. And as he t efvs us God (peaking in dreams and vifions , fo he 'lets downe his aymes at ends in doing fo,and they are three-fold. Fiat , God a'imes at mans inftruótion ( v. /6. ) Then he openeth the ears of min, andfealeth their ikfiruaion. The fecond aimeof God in fuch dilpenfations, is repentance and humiliation ( v.17.) That he may ,withdraw man from hen peorpofe, andhide pridefrom man. The third and laf}end here expreft uvhyGod - (peaks by dreams and vifions, is mans falvation( v.18. ) Ìe keeperh back*is- Prole from thepit, andhie life fromperiThing by the fword. Thefe are the parts and fpecialties confiderabie in this context. Verf. is. In dream,.in a vfox ofthe night, &c. Qtt711 languid, The route of the word rendreda dreame, fagnifieth that which 8reus, exva' is thick, - groffe or fat, and by a metaphor a dreame, becaufe r°"óß `w`t" dreams are -naturally caufed by grofs and thickvapours, ari£rng drove from theftomack & fuming up into the head.Sleep is caufed hu- nk t eguuuxx. mediately byvapours and dreams are our work in sleep. A dream mr. .an Imáginatten which the mimicframes aml formes, or which is formedand framed in the windewhile wefleepe ; or,Adream is the workfof thefoule, while the body is afleep. Sleeve is the binding Ip
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