,Chap. "34. An Expofition upon the Boob, of ] o E. Verf.2i. 661 of facob regard it. But what faith the Pfalmifl to him and fuch as he ( v, ß, 9. )Vuderfgand ye brut; fhamong thepeople, be that for- med the eye, (hall net hefee ? Thole words of the Prophet toKing Afa ( 2Chron: 16.9.) The eyes of the Lord run too and fro through the whole earth , are an all.uuion to a man who having a delire to knowmuch,or to fee all in the world,runsup and down, travels from place to place, from Country to Country for infor- mation. The Lord would have us know that he knoweth every thing as exattly,as theywko run fromplace to place to fee what s done in every place. It is prophecyed of the latter times ( Dan: 12. 4.) Many (hall run too and fro, and knowledge (hall be in- creafed ; that is,many fhall be fo graciouflygreedyof knowledge, that they will refufe no labour nor travel to attaine it. They will run tooand fro, to inquire and fearch for it, they will not thinke any time or labour loft, if they may but gaine that precious com- modity by it, called true knowledge, or the knowledge of the truth. And that expreflìonofrunning too and fro, may wee be ex- pounded,they (hall by difcourfe and arguingbeate out the truth ; In difcourfing the mind runs too and fro faller then the feete can in travelling ; In difcourfe we run from poynt topoynr,from rea- fon to reafon, from obje&ion toobjection, from queflton toque- lion, till we come to folid'anfwersandconclufions, and foknow- ledge is increafed.The Lord isPurely a God ofknówledge,whofe eyes run too andfro without motion, and fee the bottome of all things, without difcourfe orargumentation. Secondly , Note. 'The Lords knowledge of mannever abateth, he is alwayes obfert ving andalikeobfervingwhat men doe and what men are. The bell the moll: waking men , have their fl .ambrings and.. fleepings ;but theLord neither flumbreth nor fleepeth, bin eyes are upon the wayes ofman.And when the Scripture faith, The Lord loth neither(lumber norfleepe,we may underhand it in a twofold reference. Ilir(l, as t© the prote&ionof his people (Pfal: 121,4.) Behold he that kéepethIfrael, AidneitherPlumber norfleep ; than is, hewatcheth over them founceffantly,fo unweariedly,that nodan- ger can approach them without his knowledge. Secondly, he ne- ver flurnkreth nor fleepethas to the obfervationand confiderati- on of all people, he never takes his eye ofp from the wayes of man, Thirdly),
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