Chap. 33. eAn Expo66tron upon the Book of jr o s. Vere. I fay, Pent (.22ofes upon this fervice ) he raidunto him (Exod. 6. 2,3.):1 am the Lord,Iam Jehovah,ard I appeared unto Abraham, onto Ifaac, andunto Jacob by the NameofGod Almighty ; boot by my"narn: Jehovah was l not known to them. God being about to make himfelf more known in the world, than he had been to that day,byhis dreadful plagues uponPharaoh,and the miraculous de ï.verance of his people out ofEgypt (as he faid(chap.9. i 6.)And in very deed, for this caufehave I raifed thee up, for toPhew in thee mypower,and that my name may be declared inall the earth. The Lord,I fay,being about todoe theregreat things for the manifefta- Lion of his own grearnels) gave this charge to t_fofesat the fixth verle of the fixth chapter before mentioned whereforefay unto thechildrenof!Traci, lain Jehovah, and 1 will bring you out from under the burdens ofthe Egyptians, &c. Thus in this latter part of the book ofJob, the Lord being about to loolen the bonds of jobsafflaion, and to cafe him of his burden, as allo to declare and manife[I him;-elf more clearly to, him than formerly (as he confeffed ( chap. 42. 5.) 7haveheard of thee 67 the hearing of the care; but now mine eyes havefeen thee) he therefore affumed hits great name Jehovah. Then the Lord Anfweredjob, &c. But fome may fay , Job had not fpoken lately , much Ietï'e ;{lihu fpakeout fix wholeChapters fince Job fpake a word ; and though .Elihu gave him the liberty , yea Anal provoked him to fpeak, yet he laid his hand upon his mouth, he fpake not a avord How then can it be Paid , TheLord anfwered Job ? To avoid this difficulty, Some render, Then the Lord anfwered concerning , or about Job ; And thefe turn the whole difcourfe of God in this and the next Chapter uponElihu,in favour of Job. I fhall touch upon that opinion and interpretation (as was Paid) afterwards: but at prefent affirm, that Jobwas the perfon to whom the Lord here dire6fed his Anfwer ; and to takeoff this doubt, how the Lord could be laid to anfwer Job , when Job had not fpoken laf,but Elihu, I anfwer (as upon a like occafion it hash been elfewhere Chewed in this book cb.3. 2.) that fometimes ip Scripture,a Speech begun is called an Anfvver, where nothing had been fpoken before, to which that speech could be applied in way of anfwer Matth. Ii,
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