Chap. 42. an Expofition upon the Beek, if J o B. Verf. z. 803 der the bringing to pars of any of his thoughts, yet we may help their birth and bringing forth. So much of the firfl interpretation of chele words. And that no thought can be with-holden from thee. Secondly, no thought, that is, no thought of man can be with holden from thee thou knoweft the thoughts of every one,what theyare, of what kind they arc. The Latine tranflation is cxprefs, There is nothought ferret to thee. Some read the whole verfe thus. Thou' knoweiit that thou canfl do thing every, and no thought is hidden to thee. As if Job had Paid, O Lord, as nene knewwhat thy power is better than thy fall, or as none know like thy felfwhat thou nano do , even that thou canfI do all things, fo none know better than thy felf, not 1 my/elf, what my thought, or opinion, or faith rather is, con- cerning thy power and felf-fuffieiency to do all things. Which manner of fpeech importeth the deep fubmiffion of himfelf unto God,or akind ofdemiffion,or letting of himfelf down into God, while he faith nothingexprefsly of himfelf, or what his thoughts were of Gods power ; but refersall toGod, as knowing him and Ms mind fully, and fubjeets himfelfwholly to his tc(ürnony. So that he Teemsto call God ro wieners, or appeals to God as a wit- nefs of the fincerityof hisheart, in the acknowledgment which he =dellhisAll-fufficiency , as the ApofllePeter,of his love to Chrifl, when fo often preffed him, even a third time, wich that fearching queflion, Simon, fenofJonas, loveft thou me ? Lord, thou knowe&E all things, then knoweft that I love thee (John 2E. 17.) Teter wouldnote confident, that he loved Chrifl more then chofe; but referred himfelf, in that matter, to the judgment of Chrili, whoknew all things, and himfelf, bothas to the truth and degree ofhis affeldions tohimperfedly.Tbus Paidfob,thou know- eft (and I acknowledge) that no thought canbewith-holden from thee; thereforenot mine. Hence, note ; Our very thoughtsare plain to God; neither is there any wayof concealing our thoughtsfrom him. Wecannot put our thoughts intoa ferret place where Godoan- not fee them ; wecannot with-hold them fromGod, as we eafily may fromman, if we canbut hold our tongues, and not let our thoughts drop outof our mouths in words. (Pfal. 139. a.) The Kkkkk a Lord
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