Chap, 33 An Expoftion upon, the Rook of J o B. Verf. 23, out fuch atruth; but it ferves for this end,that the people ofGod may fee, they have a blef ing where any are faithful! ; and may learne hoiv they ought to prize thofe faithful! meiiengers, whom the Lord fends among them, yea how. readily they fhould receive the grace of God which is tendred in their miniliry. Thefe ,are not only each of them, onemekenger, or interpreter, bat each one ofthem is one of a-thoufand, A Joule-convincing,converring,quick- ning, comfortingMinifier of the Gofpel is worth thoulandr, and one among a thoufand. The Prophet faith (/fa: 5z. 7: ) Ho, beautifull are the feet of themthat bringglad tideings,&c. By their feethe meaneth their cooning,feete being the infiruments of their coming to bring this glad tideings; yet when he faith, theirfeete are beauttfail, it may have a greater emphafis,for ( the feete being the lowefi: part of the iirueîure of mans body ),it may intend thus much, that even that which is lowell andmeanett in a meffenger of the Gofpel, his feete wearied and wet, yea foule and dirty with travel, have a beauty upon them, how much more his face and countenance; for if the very feete of fuchnews-b:fingers, of fuch meffengers, and interpreters,ihould be acceptable arid love- ly (fo beauty is ) to all men, ho.vmuchmore fhould their par- fonsand molt of, all their menage and tideings be ? And doubt- leffe, ifmen did but underfland it, they would acknowledge,tht God hath committed fucha treafury CO them, as is better and more beautiful!, then all the gold and precious things of this world, and would cry out , O what a mercy is itto have fuch a News-bringer? and what Greedy News-mongers would they be ? The one amonga thoufandwould be more defirable rhen,ma- ny thoufands ofGold andSilver. Elihuhaving defcribed the perfon,whom the Lordoftenmakes infirutnentall for the re[ioring andcomforting of the Fick tanner, calling him A'mefêngger, as interpreter, one of a thoufand ( which lattermay be applicable to both the former) proceeds to [hew the bufinefs of this meffenger, or interpreter, who is one of a thoufand, more expreffely, or to fet out what his worke is, furelyr, excellent, andglorious worke, even this To fhèry unto man his uprightnefs We are not tounderfland this fhewing for abare report of the thing.; inwhich fenfe the Prophet complaind ; Lordwho bathbe- [jived 383
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