Chap. 33. An Expofition'upon the Bekof J o B. Verf.,3 3, 4g4 inflrultion, he will inlirull thee toprofit, andmatte thee rr fe to know try duty and doe it, bymymiri,(try, though a wake and unworthy inftrument in his hand. Ipallteach theewifdome. The word which we render to teach r,tjk jn rc t in another conjugation fignifeth to learne ; and the Nowne Iigni- diJ ere ix' Piet fieth a leader, or governour. As that ñrfl letter Aleph in the He- doeere him A b:ewAlphabet is the leading letter to all that follow,loa Teacher leph Pdogo- fhould be a leader, he fhould ;roe before thofe that heare him, byd,ßá llori good exampleaswell asby wholfomedo&rive. Be thou an exam- aiiisfokt pr- ple iftheBeleevers, faith the Apoale Timothy(i Eprft.4. a 2) who ire frets Aleph was fet up in the Church of .phefus aTeacher and an Inflru&er. Prima litersra Further, when Elrhu faith, I will teach ghee wifdonre ; hisg"as at"'"' meaning is, I (hall acquaint thee with that which may make thee wife, or I (hall anew thee wherein true wifdome Both confifl, And that c©nlils chiefly in thefe two things. Firfl, in the know ledge of our felves; Secondly, in the knowledge of God ; _As if Elihu had faid , I doubt not but 1 fhall make the tnow more frilly what th000urt, as alfowho God is. And it plain- ly appeares in the clofe, that yob got a fullerlight inbo:h by what Elihu raid CO him. He got a fuller foul-fight of the foveraian- tyand highneffe of God, and a leper humiliation in the fight of his own finfulnefs and vileneffe. He that hash learned and is ih the power of thefe two lefiot s, is queaioniefs .4 wife man ; and-- he that faithfully teacheth there twoleffons doth not at all over- rate hisdoelrine ifhecallit wifdome, nor dath he put toohigh i title upon his paines and endeavours, if hefaith tohis Auditors Or Schollars, I will teach or have taught you wifdome. Laflly, WhenEHlou faid, lwill teach thee wifdome ; we mull not conceive that he looked upon yob as unwife or ignorant Elihuknew well enough hehad not todoe with a child or an ide or, but with aman of knowledge, with a man who was skilfall in the word. ofrighteoufneff'é, whofefenfes. (as the Apode exprelfeth Heb. S. r , ) were exercifed toelifcern bothgoodand evill, Hís meaningthen, Whenhe laid 1will teach thee wrfdome, Was Only this, I will teach thee tobewifer and more knowing'in ffine ne- ceffary truths, then as yet thou art, or at leaf+, hail appeared to be. Or we may give his fence in the language of the Apofále, (a Car, i . 24) I will teach thee wifdome, not as having ilona- monover thyfaith, brst xe a belperof thyjoy. R r r Hence
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