Chap. 37. an Expo(ition upon the Pooko fJ o B. Verf. 19. 575 J O B, Chap. 37. Verf. 19, 20. 19. reach tic what we fhall fay unto him, for we cannot order ourfpeech by reafen ofdar(nefr. 20. Shall it be toldhim that l fpealZ ? if a ratan fpea(, furelybe fall be(wallowed up. ELihu having (in the former part of the Chapter ) rehearfed many of the wonderful works of God in natural things, be- yond his reach, bids job reach then, it he could, or, he invites job, if hecould, to give him tome di edion, what account to give un- to t.od about them, p-ofeffing teat he hi nCelf knew not, could not teil what to fay ; telling him aífo, that he was much afhured. no man elfe could ; dfa man fpeak,, f,rely be (ball be (wallowed up, As if Elihuhad Paid, Now thou haft heard thework; of god thus at large d:fcourfed , 1 appeal to thee, of anyman know how to d forste orfault his doings ; as for our parts, we cannot tell what to alledge or reply agair/f therm, becan/e wecannot fee the depthof l is w fdora,, nor reach the bottom of his adminiflrations. And fo the whole con- text may contain an a'gurnenr from the leis to the greare If we are ignorant of, or can hardly apprehend chef natural things, how much more muff webe ignorant of, and unable to fearch into the fecrers and referved cafes of divine Providence ? Y1'e know 1 the of ourfelves, howmuch left of Gód 1 That's the general! fcc.pe and intendment of there two vertes. Verl. 19. Teach us what we (hall fay, for we cannot order our fpeech by rearm ofdark"!efs. There is a twofold interpretation of the former parr of this /9th verle ; Ionic expounding it as a ferious motion, or a motion in good earnea. made by Eau in his own name, or in the name of chore about him, that job would give them counfel in that matter, Teach us, [hewm what are /hallfay unto him ; as for our pa to, the are compaffed about with fo much da knefs, that we know not what to fay further,or more than we have aiready,.ahour rhefe mat- ters ; from whence he would infer or intimate, that much lels didheór they about him, know what to fay more of jobs matters, or
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