Cap. 36. n E pofstion upoa the &ok of J o L \red.24. refer to the eye, is, I conceive, rnofl proper. 'ti íagni fie the work. o God, which men behold ; As if Elihss had faid, 0 Job, i advi e thee to leave off fearchiug into the fecrecs of God, and fer t by felf toconfider andmagnifie tholeworks of God which are plain and ,lye open toevery mans eye. The word rendred Bebold, may nor7, both a tranfient , and an intenfe or fixt beholding, to look wilhly as we fay , to look fa(t- ning the eye folicitoufly, yea, it imports, not only to behold with the eye of the body, but with theeye of themind. Some Interpcecers pur an Emphatis upon the word men , as noting excellent men, ver.uous men men of verrue in their qua- `e viderum ' 9 ,+on hoinea furies, and of excellency in their abilities ; fuch are men indeed, fed viri pre., worthy men,worthy the name of man ; as it bath been faid of old, /!antes. ur,ft Where there are no men, do thou play the man , aA and (peak like rumen d;krar- a man, Some men have nothing but the outfide of a man. This is .siealibi, in to- agood notion. For good men, holy men, men of divine excellen vas, to ubt vir non funs um to cy, are moll quick-fighted, and quick- fenced ; Firtl, efpying the pr ßa. Druf: appearances oc God in anyof his providences; and then making a due improvement of them. Therefore (faith El'hrs) magnifie his work, which men, that i t, holy and good men, behold and cake no- tice of. David tpeaking of the works of God in that notable place,( 9z.. 6.) faith, A brntifh man knnnretb not , neither doth a fool underhand this ; that is, fuch a ©tu- as he , cannot be- ir°t, hold the work ofGad. And therefore it is more than a cricicifine on ram excel to reflraine the word men, to men of this fort ; yet it mutt be lentes, quatz granted that the word fignitîes not only excellent men, but any niferos et t>te- beios eel om. fort of men, whether wife or foolifh, rich or poor, and the Welke, nes omninoba fort of =nipple fpecially than the flronger and more noble in mines AO- any kind. cat. Andto take the word in that univerfaiiry, as compacfing and comprehending all forts of men, even thole wha ar c'im lighted, blear-eyed, that is, of weakef1 underflanding, may ha t Dowd i ii- provem nt of he Text, implying, that as fame of th.a co:kç of God are fo tnyflertous, that the tit ifeti cannot fee themeaning of them, fo many, very tnany,of his woks are fo rnanif fl, that com- mon men may cornpaire them. ullagttifie his worhj, which min behold.. The n, orks ofGod are of two forts,vifible and invifible: Firii, Such as'we fee or know by t-ght : Thus 'the woks of Z z Creation,
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