6 Chap. 38. yin Expoftion upon the Bookof ] a s, Verf. r. matter both of Meditation and Admiration. I begin with thel Preface Verf. I. i hei the Lord anf,yered yob out ofthe whir!.. wind, andPaid. in this Verfe we have three things. Firfl, The Perlon anfwering. Secondly, The Perfon anfwered. Thirdly, The manner of his Anfwere The Perfon anfwering is, the Lord ; the Perfon anfwered, is 7o6; the manner of the Anfwer is, out ofa yyhirle-wind ; Then the Lord anfwered fob out of the whirle-wind. In the firft word of the Texr, we have (that which our Tran- flationmakes empharical) an intimation of the time or feafon of this Divine interpofition ; then the Lord anfwered, &c. The hebrew Text doth not expreife this Adverb of time , there 'tis onely , the Lord .anfwered ,but we well fupply it, rendering, then the Lord.anfwered ; as if the Penman had laid, at that verynick, inflant or .juncture of time, the Lord camein ; thewords were no fooner out of the mouth of Elihu, he had no fooner concluded his fpeech with job, but the Lord began, and anfwered job ; and if theLord had not jüll then interpofed, poflibly job might have replyed, and a new heat might have rifen, to the encreafing of his troubles, and the inflaming of all their Spirits (aswas hinted before) therefore the Lord to flop all further proceedings, or fpeechbetween them two, began pre- fently to fpeak himfelf. Then the Lord anfwered. Take thisOb- fervation from it; The Lord void appear in the fitteji feáfono. It was timefor the Lord to'appear, left this poor man fhould havebeen utterly fwallowedup withborrows, and over whelmed withhis affliction, or left he tlrould have been drawn out too long and too far in his bitter complainings and impatiency: 7be Lord it aGod o f judgement ; bleffed are they that wait for bins Ufa. 30. a8.) isle isa wife God, and knows how to time every action ; he knowes when to appear,when to Phew himfelf. As he himfelf will not contendfor ever (ifa. 57. 16. ) fo neither will he let others contend overlong, kart the Spirit ihould fail before him, and
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