66o Chap. 34. An Expoftion upon the Book of J o B. Verf.21. good or bad. Fifthly, he feeth in what mannerhe goeth,withwhat heart, with what mind, or frame of foule he goeth; Thus diftin& and exaot is the Lord in beholding thewayes, and inPeeing all the goings ofthan,, note ,. FirÇf. Surely the Lord is a god''of knowledge. If we could conceive a man to have his eyes in all places , and upon all perlons, an eye uponall hearts and an eye in all hearts, as wel as an eye upon all hands, you would fay this thanmutt needs be aknowing man, efpecially if he have Inch an eye, as the eye of Cod is, a difcerningeye,a diainguifhing eye, a trying eye,an eye which teeth to the bottome of whatfoever it feeth. Hannah fayd this in her fong( Sam. a.3.) Speaknot foproudly,let riot arrogancy corné ontof your lips ; for the Lord is aGod ofknowledge,andby him atttions are weighed. 'Tis not a flight fuperficial knowledge which Godbath of things or perlons, byhim alttonsare weighed , and fd are the A&ors. God puts all into an even ballance , and hewill weigh both perlons and a&iols to a graine, yea every word and thought Thangoe into the ballance. It was Paid to that great Mo- narch Beltefhaxaér , by a hand-writing upon the wall, Thou art weighed in the ballances. The Lord weighed that great King, he weighed all his power, and the exercife of it ; and he that weigh- eth Kings, will not leave the meanef+ fubje& unweighed ; by him anions are weighed. We many times paffe over our a&ions with- out confederation, and never take the weight of them,at leaf+, we never weigh them in the San&nary ballance. If they will beare weight in the ballanceof theworld,we prefume they will in Gods ballance allo. But as the Lord is aGod of knowledge otherwife . then man is,foby him a&ions are weighed.otherwife then byman. It is faid of Idolls( Pfa!: t a 5. ai.) Theyhave eyes andfee not; but we may fay of the LordJehovah the true God,the livingGod, he bath properly, no eyes, yet he feed1; and his faculty offeeing is infinitelyabove that which himfelfe hath planted in man. The Atheif+ while he is about the wort+ work in the world,.the break- ing in pieces of the people of God, and aflti&ing his heritage, while he is flaying the widow, and the (+ranger, and murdering the fatherleffe, white he is (I fay) at fuch kind ofworke as this, lfie faith (Pfal: 94.7. ) The Lordfhallnot fee, neitherfall theGod
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