Chap. 3 3, fin E.ïxpofrtion upon the Boo! of J o B. Verf. 24. 401 Secondly , I conceive this warrant for the deliverance of the lick man, is given out to the meffenger or interpreter, to the one among a thoufand, that vifireth him in his ficktnefs: He having beenwith hire, anddealt with his coiifcience, he havingbrought him into a good frame, the Lord is gracious, and in anfwer ro his Sequeflrem íl prayer, Pets it upon his heart that he (hall recover, and warrants !umubebir e him to tell him fo, which is, declaratively, to deliver hint from im- ein downe to the pit. Thisa6 of mans delivering the ficke,is like epo g g p fbí liberatio- that aó of man pardoning the firmer (Yohn zo. 23. ) that is, rem. Bez: 'cis minifieriall or declarative, not originali nor Authoritative. The interpreter Both not deliver him,but tells himGodwill. We have the Pfaimifl fpeaking thus after his fupplication and prayer made to the Lord for aFick State or Nationor for a lick Church (that's his fcope , Pfai: 85. ) Wilt thou not revive us agaiae, that thy people may rejoyce in thee(v. 6.) Surely thou wilt, andhe exprefieth his confidence, that God would (v. 8.) I will heave what God theLord willfpeake,forhe will(peak peace untohis people, and tohis Saints.When he had prayed hewouldharken for news, or for ameffaga from heaven, whether or no,the Lordwould or- der him to fpeak peace to thole for whom he had been praying, and fay, deliver them fromgoing downe to thepit. Thus did the Prophet Habakkuk, I will (landupon my watch, and fit me u n my tower, andfee what hewillfay unto me, and what I¡hall anfwer when Iam reproved( Chap: a. a.) In the next verfe,The Lord àn- fveeredandfayd, write thevifionandmake it plaine upon tables,that hemay run that readeth it. And what was the anfwer ? furely de- liverance ; for having fayd, in the end it ¡hall fpeake and not lye' (v. 3.) he concludes ( v. 4.) The jufl !hall live by his faith. Believing deliverance, heihall at lafu be delivered from the pit of captivity and live. Here in the text we muff fuppofe this meffenger had prayed, and having prayed, he did notnegle6t his prayer, but was heark- ning what the Lord would fay. Elihu was confident the Lord would give a gracious anfwer,though not by an immediate voyce or revelation to his eare, yet by an afiurance of the mercy given into his fpirit. When that good king FÍez,eÌeiah, was not only fck; n otodeath, but had received an expreffe meffage from the Lord, Set thy houfe in order, for thou (halt dye and not live (z Kings zo. ) 'Tisfayd at the zd verfe, He turnedhis face to the wall, and F f f prayed
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