Chap. 37. an Expotftion upon the Book.of, o B. Verf. 14. ¶ 27 There is a twofold Handing fill, Firft, Bodily. t do not conceive eau impofing any fuch ge- flure or composure upon Job,as to Rand fill and not flit his body. The H:brew is but one word, /land up. There is a liberty as to any cosnly geflureof the body in hearing ; a man may lawfully fit as-well as find and hear , yet to Rand up and hear, Ehewett . a readineffe of the mind, and a hungring defire after the Word. Secondly, There is alandingMill of the mind. The bodymay fand as fill as a fake or flone, while the nainel is in Prong moti- on, yea, while there are moll; vehement commotions and pertur- bations in the mind. This hill-Banding of the mind in hearing what is fpoken may be taken in a double oppoficion. Fitf, To any impatience, unquietnefs or uncompofednefsof the mind when the word is fpoken. Secondly, To any irreverence, fighting or difregarding oche. word fpoken. To fand ail! is to get the fpirit quiet, tohear pa- tiently ; or to fand fill is to get the heart into a reverential frame, to hearatfeetionate y. So then, to (land fill implieth bo± patience and reverence. We have like admonitions in the sock chapter of this book (serf. 20.) and chapter 3 ad ( averf. 16.) Yea, that admonition of Bataan; was of like fence with this(Nuns. 2 ;.t ß.) Rife up Bald?, and bear. When Salaamwas about tode- liver hisparable, and declare the mind of God concerning /Tract, he called upon Balak to rife and (land up, that is, to entertain the meffage with retpe&. Hearken unto this , O job , Eland fill. H.tnce pate ; We ought to be in agracious guietnefs gad co., pofrere of fpi- r:t whenwe are called to hear and mind what Godbath done or fpoken. Further, We ought to have a quiet, fedate, compofed fpi ir, nor only when we hear doEtrinal truths delivered from the word of Gad, but alto whenwe hear of the providences and various works of God. As this word, (landfill, may refer to the words going before, Hearken unto thin, fo to thole which follow, Conf-. der the wonderful work! of God : And then the duty required in them reache, both his Word and Wo-ks. It is a great power of grate which caufeth the heart to flandfill in this fence, that i?, ro be
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