36 !'1paftton upon thek'rookof B VCr1. 22. 333 J O B, Chap. 36. Verf. 22, 23. 22. Beheld, God exalteth by hispower : who teach - eth like hire ? who can 23. who bath enjoyned him his wa y? ©r fay, thou haft wrought iniquity ? N rhefe two verfes E.lihu profecuteth the admonition which Ihe had givenPb in the a i verfe, to take heed of uttering any thing rafhly concerning Gods dealings withhim,. or,, of choofng iniquity rather than afiíLion : And he preffeth the admonition by two great arguments. h Fir fir, From thepower andwifdotne of God,in the 2 zt verle ;. Behold, god exalteth by.bis power: who teacheth like him ? Secondly , He urgeth it by an argtament taken from the love- raignty of God, as all() from his rnoC \exakt Juflice, (v. 23. ) Who bath enjoyned him his way ? or who Can fay, thou haft wrought iniquity ? M if he had Paid, Take heed how thou accufefi the yufiice of God in anyofhis dealings with thee : If God be of fuels power, of fachwi(dome, offuck foveratgnty,o ffilch integrity, then confider well what thou fpeakefl, yea what thou thinkeft of God beware thou fpeakefi net a word, nor Conceivers-' a thought arniift of /line. confider, Ifay, God hirnfelf, his wayes, and works, thoroughly., and thou wilt conclude with me , That though many in the world have great power,and have left the markes ofit in many places, and upon many perfore ; yet none like Gad , either, frf, in doinghis own work, or fecondly, in direffing or teaching as how to do ours. So that Elihu by this report and commendation of the power and wifdorne of God, teems to comfort yob in the afTurance or hope of rbetter thinge E cz, áeus ,if he would hearken to and accept his coup- rcl o, PI/- ; for God had mightily aflliaed and broken him, Co he v;as to s fug. as mighty to heal thoïe breaches, and deliver him ;he only waited tt`,d ne to fee him in a better frame, that he might be gracious, ( ¡fa. 30. turf jl,ñcaet a 8.)Tkat's thegeneral film of the words. rive faint po. Verf. '22. Behold, Sod exalteth by his power. tejl ° attollit ro- ¡u,fuum,i. e. Sbme read, God is high in his own power that carrieth Elihus ro6ore file realon colfue af11 .
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