Chap. 42,. of . sÍn Exp tionupon the Book of J o B. Verf.i $; I Seventhly, As Yob was nowdifcovering his former ignorance; fo,upon an increafe of knovvledge,he was growing up into aclearer light about the things ofGod, than he had manifefled in his for- mer difcourfes. Hence note ; It is a good degree of knowledg andunderfanding, to be cot: vinced that we know and under/lanai little. As to be confcious of our weaknefs, is a great part of our flrength ; fo, to be fenfible of our ignorance is a good degree of knowledg. agar faid of. himfelf (Prov. ;o. a.) Surely Iam more brutifh than any man, and have not the underfianding of a man; I neither learned wifdom, nor have the knowledg of theholy,. Thisgood man was none of the ignorant ones, he had knowledg in alarge meafure, and was growing into a further light, while he thus bewailed his own darknefs. David, knowledg was then skate, when he made that confeflion, So ignorant was I, Eighthly, When was it that Yob faw he knew little ? It was when (mod was come nearer tohim, whenGod had been dealing with him, and fpeaking to him. Hence note ; No man knoweth what a nothing he is in knowledge, and grace, andgoodnefs, till the Lord is pleated to reveal bim' Pelf tohim. It is upon fome eminent difcovery of God to us, that we fee we have littlegrace, righteoufnefs, or knowledg.While we com- pare our felves with our felves, or compareour felves with others below our felves, we have high thoughts of our felves ; but when we compare our felves with God, who is infinitely above us, we are little, we are nothing, we are little or nothing in ourown eyes 3 whenGod appears in his fulnefs to us, we appear empty to our felves. Laflly, From thole words, Things too wonderful for me, which I knewnot, Thefe wonderful things being the dealings of God with him, accordingco the counfel of God concerning him, Nóre9.
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