Chap. 34. An Expefrtion upon the Bams J o s, Verf. 4. sal young man,aman in the flower ofhis age, in the bell of his life, whenhis breafls ( as yob fpake at the twentieth Chapter ) are fuit Of milke, and his bones of marrow ; and the reafon is given, be ante ouryounger time is out chufing time, as toour way in this world ; it'fhould be fomuch more for heaven, or the things of another world. Remember now thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth, faith Solomon (Ecci: r 2.1. ) Some render thofe words ex- preffely, In the dayes ofthy eles`lionsorchufrngs; As if he had fayd, Remember to chufe God in thy chufingdayes, when thou chufetl eta thy calling in which to live, when thou chufefl awife, with whom fHam.m tug- to fpend thy life , then befure and remember above Al things rum. Mond to chufe God. WhenMotes was ayoung man, he Was famous fop .this Choice ( Heb: i i . 2 g, 26. ) He chofe the reproachofCbri fl rather then the riches of Egypt ; when he had all the riches and honours of Egypt prefented to him, and courting him on the one fide, and the reproach of Chritl, afflic ion, poverty, difgrace, threatning"him on the-other fide , he chofe thefe rather ; who would, thinke that man wife who fhould chufe the reproach of Chria (in appearance nothing but dirt and drofs) before the riches of Egypt ? yet Mofes never Ihewed 'his s ifdome and learning fo much in all the learning of the Egyptians, as he did in that Choice. Let 'e -ihufe Judgencesät, Judgement maybe taken two wafts ; 'Firfi, for the as of en- 7udkium quiry,'letus difcourfe, and debate thismatter, to find out what is coufe inqu¡i. lull ; Judgement is the refult or retire-ice given upon hearing tto. and debate.' And molt properly a right fentence is udgement Ludicium pro r p Y g J o cquo. ÁcY. and-that-byJudgement Elihu meanes a right fentence, appeares c Barely from the next words. and let us knew among our felves what good. Corn:minis hie LetWS know ,that is, let us fo try by the ear what !hall `be fpo -rtuf o RSPt ken, that we may come to a right .knowledge, to a right gull or.accurara judiy tall of what is good. There is a two-fold knowledge ; Firfl, of lance qua lin-, fimple intelligence, when We know anything as it is precifety in hang.* in hac its owne nature, true or falfe, good or evill ; SecondIy, ofappro- eo` émuaa flint bation, when we conclude +hat We know ,' to'be true or good. quad öprimnm We may takeinboth here-efpecially the latter;It being (doubt- ef} áppróbe. T c t z leffe )'mos. Scull:
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