Chap, 3 3. An Expof:tion upon the J ok of J o B. Verf, 29. 46S fmall number,two or three wicnefies are.rhe leaf} number of wit- ut congruathu nelíes that can beadmitted in any_bufinefs. That, the-Lordwill manconfueru- doe this, twice ár,,thriee proves that he will doe it feverall times dìn, per qusee men íhall have means and frequent meanes, but ranee or thrice f°lent .miner ne , > > ter movevi vet may not he, very often, much lefle 4fwayes, there is a flint,- and a marl. Aquin: determinate number in the brea(l of God;and that we might not bxpeôl-to have his patience lengthned out a'IWayes tous, 'ris put into the fmallefl numbers, All thefe things worketh God twice or thrice, with- -man, The word bywhich man is here exprefled,is,no ordinary word, -121, nonque- 'ris that word by which fignifieth the higheil,and greateft of men, libel vitü dm- God deales,thus not only with inferiour.perfons, and mean men, porter, fed ui but withgreat men,'with menof nore., with ,men of power' and tern ;yufem trength ; let men be as flrong, and flout, as they will,God can vé7 alt yua ra t.ime them, and bring them tohis fòore, tioneSietiabi. Further, when he faith, Lo, all theft"things-god worketh often- lem, gold: time: with man, ' This appellative man, may be taken two wayes, Fiifl, Perfonallyor individually, that isihe worketh th'as of- tentimeswith the fame man,God is put to renew his ad-hagsrrinre then once with one and the fame man , becaufe he will'not bow nor obey at firfl, Secondly, We may take this word man fpecially'as implying feveráll'men, or men of all forts, aswell as any one man of a fort. That manner oftaking is frequent in the oldTe(lament(jab r. q, ) Andhis fons went andfeafted intheir houfes, man his day, or every one his day. So ( Ton: i . 7,) And theyfayd , -every one toh numicu i ; hisfellow, or man to hisfellow , fohere Godworketh thefe things drys przditia oftentimes with man, that is, with feverall men, as feemeth good j e voiuntatte tohim. The fpeech is difiributive. For thoughwe are not to un- jadicia manife , det(latad it largely, as if God dealt thus wish everyparticular) are,utfit ad- man, yet he deales thus with many men, even with as many as 1!0 diftrihuti- himfelfe pleafeth, or hathpurpofed, Lo, All thefe thing wörketh vá. Bold: godoftentimes with man. Hence note. Sacli is thegoodncfs ofGod, that though man is not wrought up- on prefcnfly,or atthefirft, yet he willcopse 'a fecund era third O o o time
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