604 Chap. 34. An Expefition upon the Book of J o B. Verf.t6., the knowledge of his brill,rn all wifdeme,andfpirituallunderflanding, Thewill ofGod being fpirituall, cannotbe truely knowne but by a fpirituall underfianding. According to This three-foldattribute of the underflanding we may expound Elihu fpeaking to Job, If thou hatea fpirituali underflanding, an unbiafhed underflanding,. a found underfianding, here this. As if he had fayd, 1 have fpo- ken, and amabout to fpeakefuchthingsas may call out theftrength,. thebefl, theutmoft line of a found, Impartiall and fpirituall under- unding, to,found thebottom and the depth ofthem. Thus he pro- vokes him to attend, not only with hiseare , but with his under-- Handing, with the bell of his underflanding, with the heft under derianding to the thingshe was tofpeake. And in this fence the ma of men all bad men have no underfianding (Pfal: 14. 2. ) and fob, thougha good man,.. had much deficiency in his. If now thouhaft underflanding, hhere this; Hence. note. He that hath,not a;right,a feund,afpiritualtunderfdaiding,can,- fcarcebefaid to have any underftanding at all. There are many unde-rilandingmen, who have not this under- flanding, or anunderfianding for this. While David faithr(Pfal.' q ry; 20.) Man that is in honour and underftandeth:not, he fup- pofeth,that a man afcended to the higheí pitch of honour , may, yet be without underflanding, that is, without a right, a found,. a.fpirituall underflanding ; and then ( as it followeth there ) he, irlike the belts that perifh Beafls have no underftanding at all, the rational! or intelle6fuah power is proper toman. A man in honour , not having this honour, a right underflanding, may be: numbred among the beafls, Ifthou haft underftanding, Hear this. As ifhe had faid, Iatn not calling thee tohear an idle flory,or a trivial matter ; Hear this, there is an. emphafìs in the words , both as to the A and Objet: It isqueflionedwhat Ebbsparticularly intendeth-by this; fome refer intowhat he had fpoken before in fob's audience, though dire&ced tohis friends : Hear what I have fpoken to thy friends hi.the former part of the chapter, in vindication of the righte fnefs of. God. Secondly, Others refer its to.what Eliha was now.>
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