Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the Bookof J o B. Verf. x 7; 607 the lets he can bear them ; the weight andmyf+erioufnefs of them even cracks his brain, till he receives more light fromGod, and more f+rength,of underfianding, he cannot bear them : If thou haft ue;derfiandeng, hear this ; And hearken to thevoiceof my words. This latter part ofthe verfe is but the repetition or further en- forcement of the fame thing, we had the like expreffions chap. 33. I.8 and therefore I (hall not flayupon this, only Note fur- ther from the whole. Thebeginning oftrue wi fdome is tohave a readinefs to hear, and tothewour felves teachable. Some overween themfelves fo mach, as to matter of know- ledge, that they will not be taught ; they judge themfelves fo learned, and fully inf+rueled, that they will hear na more inflru- Eiion, nor learn any other leffon, they are paf+the School ; yet al- waies they who know much in their ownconceit,are leaf+knowing in truth and reality there is nothing doth fomuch hinder the re- ceiving of knowledge, as an imagination orproud prepoffeflïon of it. The fluggard (faith Solomon, Prov. z6.16:) is wifer in his own conceit, thenfevers men that can render a rearm r They which have leaf+ reafon, are the greateflnegleE+ers of it ; only an underfiand- ingman is willing to hear, that he may gain more underf+anding. Therefore Elihu admonifheth job, Ifnow thou haft underftanding, hear this, aud hearken to the voice of my words : What Elihi would have lob hear and hearken to, .followeth in the next verfe, and in thole which follow, to the end of the 33d verfe. Verf. a 7. Shall even he that hateth right govern ? andwilt thou condemn him that is moil. jug ? This is matter indeedworth the hearingand hearkning to. Shall evenhe that hateth right govern ? Shall he ? He (hall nor, or at leaf+ fhould not, he ought not; he of all men is the unfittefi manto govern, that is, todo all men right,who hateth right. The Interrogation leads us to this f+rong INNeg tion, or indignation rather; What ! He that hateth righr, whole very fpirit is againfi ir, whole affections withdraw from it,is he
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