Chap. 3 3. An ,8xpoftión upon the BoolZ,of J o B. Verf. 3 3. 49t Naturalifis) efpecially of all men runsout to good. And the bet- ter any man is, the better is that good which he .defireth, yea ifa - ny'manbe trulygood he defireth that which is bell;fer the enjoy- ment of GodW'hereinalöne happinelfe doth confnfl,is hisultimate and 'highefl encl., But'what doth he to reach this end ? Solo iòx'' poynts us to two things : Firfl, he feparateth himfelfe from, all thofe lets and impediments which flop up the way, or lye croffe to his defire. Secondly, Hefeeketh and inrermedleth with all will ,4ome, with allreali and f ibtlantiali Wifdome, ""-( as the word there vied fignifeth.) for he knoweth that Nothing but fuch wifdome, acted in wifevvayes, is proper and fuccellefull for the promoting ~of that noble end. Now if nothing but wifdome can lead us to that end, what is thereWorth the learning or knowing except that which makes us wife? Fourthly, -From that frame of fpirit which Elihu obferved in 1ST ote. They that are humble and meek are frtefi to Ìelirnc dome, God reflleth theproud, but giver!)grace to the humble. ( lam. 4.6.) The humble foulebath received grace already, and that grace received is the way to all grace. (Pfal. 2 g. 9.) Themeek wiff heguide in judgment, themeek will he teachhis way. The way ®f God is wifdome, and they whomGod teacheth fhall undoub- tedly leárne- -ic. , Lafily. To teaclo fpiritssall wifdome, or to teach man how to befpiritu- ally wife, is the be lefty.; that canbe. taught. They areblefled Matters who make fuchSchallars. The°whole difcourfeof Elihuis about fpiricuáll wifdome, not about the wif- dome of the world which Godwill deflroy ; not how to climbe the pinnacles of honour,and-get high in the world, not how to ga- ther riches, and tolade our felves with thick clay ; it was - not howtobe great or rich, but it was how to be hely andhumble, how to give glory. toGod, and be fitted for glory with God tlrefe were the lefl'ons of wifdome which Elihu taught Tab, and It r r í theft
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