m 8 Chap. 38. eeIn Expofition upon the Book o f Jos. Verf, q,, bypaffionsand felt-ends. Every rational creature hath an under. (landing , yet every rational creature doth not know under(land- ing , that is , doth not, is not able to fpeak knowingly , or taufe and aka his undetflandingknowingly about every matter. The Lord fuppofeth Job might be defectivehere , and therefore be. !peaks him thus , Declare, ifthou hafl anderl/anding or knoweff underffanding : As if he had faid , The things which I queflion tlee about , 'may poJJibly be too high or too big for thy under!and- Si peritua fir ing ,fuch as potbiy than canfl not reach. And hence, Tome ren- tanraru:nra der or rather. paraphrafe the Text thus; Declare, of thou art rum. vatab. skilful in filch great things as I nowfpeakof: If thou art fo wife as thou feemeg to be by thyformer towelling with my providences, declare thy wifdom in this point , wherein Iknow thou wilt but de- clare thy ignorance, thy infancy , or inability to fpeak, as one fpeaks : Thou wilt thew thy Pelf but a child , while thou goeff about to refolve this quellion. An experienced Architeft, is not to be corre&ed by a Novice , who never took tool in hand , nor hath ever read line about that Art : Wilt thou therefore, who arcmade of the earth, undertake to reprehend my work, who made the earth , in ordering and difpofng the condition of man on earth ? Declare, ifthou b»fb underflanding, Note , Firii ; The right declaring of any thing , is awork of the tender- flandang. A man muff fee into a matter, by the eye of his mind , before becanduly declare his mind, fence, or fentence about ir, 4 fools bolt (we fay) is foon (hot; his tongue runs before his wit : but a wile man will not declare (no man can declare well ) before he underífands : His wit keeps pace at leali with his tongue ; 'He that aufwereth amatter (faith Solomon , Prov. 18. a 3,) before he heareth it, it is folly andfhame to him. It is fo al- fo to him that heareth it, if he anfwerech it before he under- i:lasads ir. Declare , i f thouhall underflanding, Note,' Secondly; Some worksof Cod are [rich andfo high , that no man hash os- der!andíng enough to reach or declare them. Declare, if thou half underffanding, how the foundations of
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