4 .i Veri. 4. Expofitionupon the Book JoB. Chap. 37. ,'all With the voice of his e ce;yency. Escetlotta els= tio, fitpernls That'san explicationof he roaret& Thevoice of his excellency, verbuo, PaMi. ishis high voice, The word.fignifieth pride, becaufe they that are z:n:Il. in high places are fo apt to beyroud, or becaufe high-mindednefs is the fame.withpride. Proud men thiok thernfelves higher than their brethren, as Saul. Was above the people by head and fihouI- ders ; therefore the fame word figniheth pride and light. The Lord thunderethwit4the voice-of hás'highnefs or excellency of hie, greatnefs. , Z3' ccsvii t ar The Septuagint faith, He thu ereth with the voice of his, re - no ' roach or with-his re roachin voice, A man that is angry Dotes In roue conk- p p g "y P tome, 4, fu, out his diipleafure in reproaches upon fuch as Lave provoked him., Sept. God knowes how to Thunder jid and<deferved reproachesupon, Scoria expli- provoking (inners.. The Scoliafls explain that tranflation of the cant in voce-- fventy, with the voice of his reproach, thus, with or by a voice, ;mttttrumplem. fall of thregtning and 'cis a truth, the mouth of God is full of threatnings, and his heart of indignation,againíl prefumingimners.. We may put all there together,- yet I conceive ourown reading moll fuirable; I-le thundereth with tJe.voice.of his excellency., like a great Commander in war, of whomGod (peaks (. job, -39.. 25;) , in that moli high-fl ained, rhetorical deîcription of the (lrength and. courage of the horte . He finelleth the Batteiafar of,', the. thunder o fthe Captain, and- the Shouéings. When an Army is en- gaged in Battel, there is not only a thundering of the Guns, but of the Captainsand. Commanders, they fpeak highly, they thunder: with a,voice of their high' courage and excellency; much more ddth God inthe day of his Batt el thunder with the voiceofhis ex:-. cellency, Flencc note God worlds likehim( lf. ho makes his excellency and his high= nefr appear to the children of nsen in the very.works;of nature. And doth he tat often fo it in his works ofProvidence, whe- ther for the Salvation of his faithful people, or for the De('lru&ion of his enemies ? " I (hall not flay upon this point, having met with matter of, fame purpo.r mare thanonce before, He thaandereth' ',with, the voiceofhis excellency, "lud,
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