Chap 73 . 4n Expofition tepon the Book of J o L Verf. 1. 437 amazed men thanderflrucit,r ienbeing fo muchamazed at the found H9s Lvtiwr, of thunder. The. Roman Hifiorian reportsof that great Empereur, Artonitos vo- who commanded all the world, andmade the nations to tremble, cat.4rtonitru that yet he hi=nfelf trembled at this. Arsgrafltta Cafar, was fo et, cut caftu afraid of brander, that when -ever he travelled abroad, he caufed skin of a Sea Calfe to be carried about with him, becaufe it niruun tiara: was in their ffxprr(lition believed to be an Amulet or prefervative Jtuporen.Sety; again(l any hurl by thunder. And the fame Author tells us of ano- in ,tertium Char of that ranke,a hearheniZomanEmperou°,that was fo afraid of /-onirrus rd;c thunder,that he would hide his headwhen he heard ic,and force- vtdeturatsr- times ran under abed for filcher. I (hall have further occafion to rendo, quod (peak of the terriblenefs of thunder, at the 4th and Srh verres ; I c inerrreat ho- couch it here, becaufe, according to our interpretation thiswas it tone rué ui,a do, at which the heart of Elihu trembled. 4 quia magna Secondly, Taking the words more generally, as this trembling cum fonttufray taighc agile from the confideration of any other of the wonderful qyirrnat. works of God, Guetonius dc Au ,Tutlo óC Note ; Caligu'a. The great appearances o(God in hie pàwer may and fhouldaffell us evenwith ferveand trembling. The heart ofman may wet move out of his place when he con- fdershow dreadful God is in his place,and what wonders he both doth and can do. Davidcalling his eye up to the heavens and the hoft ofthrm (Tfal.8.) concludes with admiration (v.8.) O Lord ex- God, how excellent is t by Name in all the world 1 They who have but littleknowledge of theworks of God, cannot be much affeaed with them ; they who know them deeply cannot, but be deeply atfe&ed with them. Fooles and ignorant perfons flight or li ;hrly pafs by any thing that Goddoth or .fpeaks ; but they who are wife heartedwill lay both his Word and Woks roheart,their hearts will tremble and be moved out of theic:place. Holy King Davidadvieth the Kings and Judges of the earth to ferve the Lordwith rear and toreJoyce wit,: trembling ( Pi. . + i. ) And the holyApollle'anl exhorteth all Chriflaus to workout their fala a- tian with fear and trembling (Philip. Z. a z. ) New if we are to tremble in our dayly fervice, how much more under dreadful pro- vidences ! For the dole of this poynt,remember there is a four-fold trem- bling
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