Chap. 33. An expofition upon the Boob, of j o B. Verf; 23. 379 a thoufand have I found, but a woman among all thofe have Inot found. There were very few wife or good men among manyWhen he foundbut one among a thoufand. He might find men ingreat number, but the number of thole that deserved to be calledmen . was verySmall, fo (mall, that he faith he found butone among a tñoufand.Sothat here when Elihu calls the interpreter One among á thoufand, he teacheth us that incha meífenger,fuch an interpre- ter is rarely to be had, or being had is a very rare andecellent one. 'Tis a proverbiall fpeech, with an hyperbole, to fay ofany Hi hunchnmr' man, he is one amonga thoufand ; for though we are not to takefine ita ut ex itarithmetically ór ftrre`lly, yetone being no number, mull needsmille homini- fignifie very few,or the fmallefl number, and a thoufand being the mss; virn unur greatenwholenumber mutt needs fignifie many, very many ora múriere ill: vécs great number. And therefore to fay of this interpreter, he is one tè fungi pmt. amenga thoufand, mull needs import, that even among a thou- Pifc: fandmen, we can hardly find one who hath a faculty or a compe- tency for this office, or is -fit tobe honoured and adorned with this Title, An interpreter. Hence note. True and faithful! interpreters of the mind ofGod are very rare. He is a rare and choyce man tharis pickt ¿ut ofa thoufand men. The faithful! meflengers and interpreters of the mindof Chrill, are rare under a twofold notion; Firfl, as being precious and of great worth and ufe. Such are the light of the world, and the fait of the earth ; The minds of all men would be darke, andtheir mannescorrupr,if God did not fend out thefeinterpre- tersto inlighten and to feafon them. Secondly, they are rare-as not being every where tobe had or met with ; what is hardly had is highly prized. It is laid (I Sam. 3. I. ) The'word ofGodwas precious in thole dayes,why fo?the reafon is added, there was no open vzfion, there were not fuchfrequent manifellations of themind of God, as hadbeen formerly; there were few Prophets few Inter- preters tobe found in thofe dayes. The true and faithful( met1en- gets or interpreters'of themind of God, are rare at all times, in -what numbers foever they appear, though they come like an Ar- myby thoufands , though (as is raid, Pfeil. 68. t r.) god giving the word great be the company (we put in the Margin4rmy) of C c c z thofe
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