Chap: 3 g. idfn F'xpófition upon the Book of J o B. Verf. r, This Chapter with the next hold out the Lords firfl Araimen-' rationor difcourfe with job, and in it we may confider three things. Firft, The Preface or Introdu&ion, in the firft, fecond, and third Verfes of this Chapter. Secondly, The, Speech it fell, to the end of the thirty - ninth Chapter. Thirdly, Godsdemand of anAnfwer, or that job fhould give him an account of himfelf, or of what he had faid at the beginning of the fortieth Chapter. The words under prefent confideration are a Preface or Intro- du&ion, leading to the whole bufinefs, and in themwe may con- fider three things. Firl}, The Hiflorians tranfition, or, an Hif}orical tranfition, ( verf. r.) Then the Lord anfwered job out of the Whirl-wind, . andfaid. This the Hiflorian or penman of this Book inferts to conne& the matter of this Chaprer with that which went before; he conne&s the difcourfe of Elibu, which ended at the thirty- feventh Chapter, with the difcourfe of God at the beginningof this : Then the Lord anfwercd job out of the Whirle-windyand faid. Secondly, Wehave here what the Lord laid, in formof Pre- face, leading in the intended matter; and that, Firft, By wayofreprehenßon, or by a chiding . ueflion about what jobhad faid (verf. 2. ) Who is this that -darkeneth sounfel bywords without knowledge ? This is it;which the Lord faid, when he began with job ; Who is this that darkeneth counfe!, by words without knowledge ? As if he had faid, let me fee the man,or,who is the man that fpeaketh thus ? I know there is a Que (lion (and I (hall fpeak fomewhat to it afterwards) Whether there words were dire&ed to job or Elihu ; yea, forne Qeflion, whether this whole Chapter be not intended to Elihn rather than to job, (I (hall anfwer that Qleflion altoafterwards) butI give it now in the analyfis ofthe context, as I pu-pofe,God willing,ro flare it when I come to the Anfwer of that Qeflion : And therefore I fay the reproof falls upon job, whomGod thus befpake, begin. Wing with a chiding, Who is this that darkneth comfit, bywords without knowledge ? Secondly, by way of provocation to anfwer ; or,weJhave here the
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