64 Chap. 35. m,s4n Expoftion upon the Book of J o a. Verf. io. (elves to God in their trouble, they donot Peek nor enquire ear= Nen habet co- ly after God, nor humble themfelves before him, or under his gitationem de- mighty hand, neither do they confider what God is to them, nor Nberariottem, wheLher he bewith them, and in them ; and if they find not God propofitum gua near them, nor in them,they confider not how they may be united daum,ne to him, or get himnear them. We find God, when we heare his gue agrtitionem > ejiimationemq; voyce fpeaking to us by his Word and Spirit, and hearken to his beneftciorum voyce; we, find God when we are at peace with him, truft upon eJU31unt-a'ov= him confidently, and rejoyce in him comfortably. The opere; Vero,. Coe' fed confidered not the fe things. lone faith. Here is an univerfal Negative, none; that is, not fo much as one,; yet wemay underfland it with an allay, none, that is, few or none (as we commonly fpeak )fay, Where is God mymaker ? Pol. fibly many fay it with their mouths, but few or none fay it ; either firft,heartily;or fecondly,fpiritually.; or thirdly,humbly;or fourth- ly, repentingly;or fifthly,believingly ; or fixthly,fubmtttingly;and therefore no wonder, if they are not heard and helped when they cry. It isa commo,nthing for men in diftrefs, or under opprefli- on, tocry out, O God, O Lord, Thename of God is taken by many in vaine,when any thingaffiidcs or hurts them ; but fewcall upon his name. it is no eafie matter to cryour, in deed, O Cod . mymaker, or to fay with a ferious holy andgracious frame of fpi- rit, where is Godmymaker ? There is a twofold underfiandingof thefe words. Firft, Some lookupon them, as an earnedwith or prayer for. help ; Nonefaith, where is Godmy maker ? That is, none faith, O that God my maker wouldappear in the prefent manifefiations ofhispower to fuccour and deliver me. In which fente Eli/ha is conceived to fpeak when he (mote the waters with Eliahs Man- tle, (2 Kings 1. 14.) And faid,where is the Lord GodofElijah ? As if he had Paid, O thouGod of Elijah come, Chew thy glori- ous power, and divide thefe waters. Secondly , Othersexpound them as an expreßîon of praife, or as the words of a man lookingup to God in thankfulnefs for for- mer benefits, in prefent (lraights. where is C9od my maker ? Where's he that made me,and hashpreferved me hitherto ? As if Elihu had faid,none of thefe oppreffed ones have recourfe to God in rr Sant vertu !pronto. Sunt verba gratulantH,
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