Chap. 34. At Expofition upon the B00%,efJ e B. Vert. 29. gip verai other wicked Princes,til at la(# they were carried into Rapti- vity by the commonenemy.Thefe & the like are thewoful etfeels of Gods hidinghis face from a Nation; from all which wemay well concludewith. Elihu in the Text, who then canbehold him ? who can bearhis wrathful ptefence, when his face or favourable prefence is hiddenfrom us'? To (hut up this point, I (hall- only adde, that becaufe thefe hidings of Gods face are gradual, (as was (hewed before) therefore they are little taken notice of as the Prophet complained (Hof, 7. 9.) Gray. hairs are here and there upon them, and they know it not ; that is, they are in a declining condition, (gray hairs are the lignes of old age, which is the de- Eorummill i clenfion of mans life, he alludes from the body Natural, to the videtur done- bodyCivil or Politick, they are I fay, in a declining, weakning,' fgnf` fpending condition) yet they lay itnot toheart. And that's a fore °mn`nOGenns- Y y Y > ncs+ qui bane. if not the chiefeft judgement of God uponaNation, when hiding trbèrratem dry, his face, he hides his judgements from them, and gives them up,yvepacemran- to hardnefs ofheart, to blindnefs of nainde, and a fpirit of ftupi cedendifve dity, that they leenot nor takenotice of their own danger,nor the condemnandi departure of God from them,which is the caufe of it. And ad tyrannoar t) the more God hideth his face from a Nation, the moremiferable tantum c°arNat they are, andwithal, the more infenfble of Their mifery.So much 2"9' ens qui im- from that cenfideration of the Text, as to a Nation, When he go-pid vivant. 'verb quietnefs,who can make trouble ? and whenhe hidethhisface, Sanft. who then canbehold him ? whether abeaging a Nation, Or againfî a span only. As.this verle refpeeîs aman only, or a Tingle perron, it is ex- pocnded two or three wayes. OfOppreffors and wicked men ; as if he had faid, when God willgive a wicked manquietnefs or profperay in hisfanful way, who can makehis eftate troubloua, or troublehim in his eflate ? He fullbe quiet while thewill ofGod is toPiferhim to befo; and ifGod once hide hisface from h.M, that is, declareth di fpleafore againfi him, who canbehold him ?, that is, who amon the ne htieft of wicked si dear pare,: *ppreffors, can lift himfelf up gainfl, orfindbeforeGod ? - tribustunpin, Secondly, The words ire expounded of the oppre(fed, or ofgua Wits pro- godly men ; as if he had laid, when God is mindedor refolved'" identiara& ro give peace and cluietnefs to any of his faithful fervants,who can acrcanaJudicio hinder him, or trouble them ? and when he is pleated for reafonsdbit,Gregor.. Ccccc a beft Philip.
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