Clap. 37. eiIr, Expofition upon the Boo of J o B. Verl, 9. 577 him; and therefore the fame word may very well lignifie, to teach andmale to k,now,foraftnuch asthe tendency or teaching is for the beginningor for the encreafing of knowledge. Teachus What we (hall fay untohim ; That is,to the fllmighty.God is the An-ecedent to thi; Relative he;what (hall we fay toGod in thy defence?;,e would do our belt, our uunoft,if we knew how. There are two fo:is of ,per.ons who call for reaching. Firft, Ufually they delire others to teach them, who are con- vinced or fenfible of their own ignorance,and would be delivered from or brought out of it. Thus David prayed that God would teach him, that he would teach him his Statutes ( Pfal. 119. 3 3, 66.) The lick man inthe 34th Chapter of this Book is reprefent- ed humbly craving this favour (v-'erf. 3 ) That which 1 fee. not teach thoume. Here's the true genius and delire of a learner, he would be taughr, he is convinced that he wants knowledge very much or is very ignorant, and therefore he would be caught. Bur, Secondly, Some call upon others to teach them, meetly to convince them of their ignorance and inability to teach them, or to Phew that it is a great prefumption in them to pretend to the knowledge of fuch things as they call upon theta to teach. In this latter fenfe we are to underhand this delire otion of Elrhu, laying to lob, reach Kt whatwe fhall fay unto him, that is, what de- fence we (hall make for thee, or what for our felves,if we were in thy cafe, or had fucha mind to plead with God, as thou haft ex- preft more than once. Elihu moves fob tó teach them, knowing that he was not able to teach them, or to let him know that he had not knowledge enough to teach them in that matter. Teach us what we (hallfay unto him, For we cannot order ourfpeech by reafonof dark eft. Afvie rene- brarttm.Hrb. In this latter part of the verle Ëlihu gives 7öb a reafon whyhe and his fellows would (though they knew hecould nor teach them) be taught by him. As if he had fail, we plainly and clearly ac- knowledge that we are in thedark about thefe matters, and Eeec
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