Chap. 37. e nE.tyoftro:; rpont?eÍoo,<óf JO E. VeeÍ. 1. 43y5 which then rent the Clouds and even (hook .he ears i, might well carte him to tremble. Secondly, We may undertand the words ( at tki my heart trembleth ) with refe euce to the wh Matter which Elihu had before him; what he had bzgun fpeak, and was furriä.er to (peak of Gods dreadful power,oí ight (hake his h: a t with afionilmenr. The due atprehenfions of the greatnefs of God, may loon (hike man into a íìt of trembling ; it did 14,as himfelf confefled at the a t th Chapter ©f this Book (v.5,6.) Marl¿, ye,andbe a(onifhed,and lay your hand uponyour mouth ; for when I remember, I aria afraid, ,ur es ni3 atnd trembling takes bald of my 11e(h : As if he had iaid,while I duly c vmæ rraje- confider the great things that I have fpoken,&thofe greater thins /$át,s aby/Jt (if greater may be ) that I am about CO (peak, i cannot but tretn- in nz,,,n, n ble, and Rand as one filled with aRonifhtnent. Howwas the Apò- ,writ, ex'al.a. Paulamazed at that moR myRerious difpenCarionof God in fit co,rewo cafting of his ancient people the (ewes, the feed of Abrahamhis &c. Etcnt. fr-iend,for fo long a time ! ( Rom.11. 3 3.) O the Depth! &c, At this my heart trembleth,that is, I am heartily afraid. The heart is here put for tine whole inner man,or for all the pow- 1Ylot ónna- ers of the foul ; and the word rendered to tremble, notes adidur- (tier wore bance of the whole man, both of foul and body. the Septuagint aataria; ex render it by the fame Greek word ufed (Math. 2. 3.) where cura cotmilt ( upon the wife mens coming from the EaR, to inquire concerning Pali, the Kingof the jewes) it is faid, WhenHerod heard this, he was s -67em° troubled, and all Jerufalem with him. That news of a new Kingput se1't' them into a grievous fright , they knew not what to make of it, nor which way to turn themfelves, in ach a turn of affaires, in fuck a newworld as that new-born King might r ake.This word is elfe-where inScripture ufed to note the fuddeneft furprize and the ftrongeft poffeRion of fear. Thuswhen Ifaac, through the fub- tilty of Rebekah, had given the blefling to Jacob which he intend- ed for Efate, 'tislaid, that upon the appearance of his miflake, he trembledexceedingly ( Chen. 27. 3 3.) Doubtlefs it did wonder- fully a[lonifh the good old man, to think, that God should carry himbeyond and betide his own purpofe,toblefs the yorger brother inflead of the elder. This firange difappointctient by the over- ruling providence of God,pwr him to a Rand, and trouebled his thoughts more than a little; efpecially,becaufe he was now taught, that by his carnal ofc&ions to Efau,he was runningquite cross to Kkkz the
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