53o Verf. 14. pefition upon eke gok of ]o n. Chap. 37. Ming and comforting them, which are his choìceft and moll ex- cellent works of ell. Noev,thocgh all thefe work's of God are to be confide: ed, the laR efpecially; yet the mikesof God here fer before job, arexhofe in Nature, and the providential difpofure of them a thefe are no fmall matters ; Elihu calls themond fo they are, wonderful; Confider the wonderful worksof God. Thef works of God in and about natural things, may be di- ftributed inro thole that are common and ordinary, or thofe that are rare and extraordinary. Elihu is not treating here about the . rare, extraordinary works ofGod, but about the commonand or- dinary works of God in the Clouds, the Rain and Winds, &v. yet he calla them wonderfrul; Confider (faith he ) thewonderful works of God. From the connexion, in that Elihu bids job fand)fill, and then confider the wonderfulworks of God ©bferve, Firfl ; Wecan never confider things aright, tillour minds came to a real and are quiet. 'We cannon make a true ufe of our reafon, when we are much moved with paffion ; the muff ffandJlili before we can confider. Zofes, when the bufh bu tied and did not confume, Paid, Iwill now turn aide and fee this great fight, why the bulb is not burnt, ( E.rod, 3. 3. ) He went near, and flood, confidering that wonder- ful work of God ; He was not in a fright, he was nor feared to fee a burning bui1i, but he flood in a well com}ofed frame of mind, to confider what his eyes beheld, or the meaning of that grange tight. Secondly, Note ; The worksofGod are matter ofgreat confideratïon. As the word of God is to be ccnfidered, fo hisworks, and nonecan profitably confider the word of Cod, unlefs they confi- der the works of God too ; His works are a Comment upon his word, the wordof God is exemplified in his wo ks ; what God fpeaketh that he dorh, Wemay find the word of God tranfc ibed in his works, f( faith David, Pfal.77. aa.) milt meditate alfoof all
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