_:hap. 37. Erin Expoftion upon the ilock of J o a, Verf. t 44 Meteors of the Heavens, the Clouds,theRain,the Snow and Hail, the Lightning and the Thunder; then surely lob ought to fit down convinced, that there is a like temperament of eel:.icy with severity, and of goodness with fharpnefle in all his dealings with men,and was with hirwin particular. That's the (cope and purpofe of Elihu all along, in reading lcb this Philosophical Le8u:e, or in putting 0.2eflions to him about the things of Nature, and the re- giment of God in thefe inferiour heavens, the Air, where all things feet to movewithout rule, or by no rule other than what Nature alone impoferh. Verf. 14. Hearkenunto this, O lob. We have more than once met with this awakening exho.tarion, which calleth for fuch anharkening, as if a than wet a tobe all ear in attending what is fpoken. We may well ren,ler it, Ear this, Olob , take it, drink it in at thine ear ; Hearken 523 VW this ; 1lihpi clothnot exhort him to attention ingeneral, but draws it down to feme fpecial matter, Hearken pinto this, O lob. Which words may have a double reference, either Firfl, to what he had faidbefore (verf. i 3th) telling him how God fends the Rain and caufeth the Cloud to come, either for cor- reltien, or for his land, or for mere, ; Hearken pinto this, Ofob , here'sa leffon for thee, remember it well, God fends forth thefe fervants of his, the Clods to dohis work, either for correction or for mercy, either in favour or in judgment ; Hearkenunto this, OJo6: Or, Secondly, The words may refer to that which followeth, and fo, as pre calls them, they are an Exordium, a brief Exordium, Dr (bore preface towhat Elihte had further td fay; as if he would a little relieve the fpirits andquicken the attention of Job, by ac- quainting him, that he had f©me newmatter to lay before hin!, As if he . bad fail, I have not yet uttered all mymind, I have fomewhar more uponmy heart, which I cannot hold in, both for thy convi9ionand intlru&}ion; Hearken unto this, O lob. Yet it may bequo aioned, why Elrbu fhould thus fair up his at- tention, either toconfider what he had fpoken, or what he was now about to fpeak ? Was lob a heedlefs, an un-attentivehear- Xxx 2 el ?
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