Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v11

Chap. 37. an Expo tien upon the Baol,ofJ o s. Vert. I.43 Z wards the children of men ; which was the poynt that Elihte had laboured in all along, and undertaken to demontirate. In the Cecond part of this Chaprer,Elibss (upon the whole mat- ter) gives Job ferious counfel and admonition, wherein, Ftrt}, He firshim up to confider thefe evonder`-ul works of God, at the t 1.th verle. Secondly, He affects and urgeth the weaknefs and inability of ob ( or indeed of any man) to underhand them fully ; this he doth, Fitti, in general, at thebeginning of the t 5th verle, `molt thou know when God di fpofed them ? &c. Secondly, More particularly, in their leveraikinds. Firff,Ofthe Rainbow, at the latter end of that r 5th verfe, and catefed tke light of his Cloud to(hint. Secondly, Of the Clouds and their various motions, at the 16th verle. Thirdly, Of the heat according to the wind ( verf. 17.) Fourthly, Of the Heaven or Skie ( verf. 18.) ° Ml which were fuch as he could not give a clear account oF,and therefore at the 19th verfe, Elam bids jobdo it if he could, is for himfelf hedurtf not venture upon it (verfe. ao.) nor can any ( faithhe verf. st. la.) fee far into thefe natural things, or into the nature of there things. Thefe ane the fpecial poynts of hisad- monition to job ; and from thefe he paffeth to the Third Part, or Conclul«n of theChapter, and of his whole difcourfe with rob ; wherein, Firff, He makes a recapitulation of, orfums up all that he had. Paidof the unCe.archablenefs of God in his works ; this he doth in the former part of the a 3d verle. Secondly, He lets down pofitively what God is, in a three-fold Excellency. Firff, Of Power. Secondly, Or Judgment. Thîrdl ;Of plenti'ul Jufiice, at the middle of the z3d verle. Thi.cily, He tells us what God will not do, at the end of the aid verle, T-ló will not af'El ; and from all,makes two inferences at the the 14th verle. Fitts, That therefor men ought to boneter etnd to fear him. Secondly, That therefore God is not in the reverence nor fear I{k'.k

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=