~8 34 Chap. 42. w,,n Expefstiors upon the Book of J o s. V 6 they may boat of their knowledge;but as the Apofile faith (z Core 8. a.) He that thinketh he Knowetb any.thing knowetb nothing as be ought. The Scripture tells us, what that knowledge is which a carnal man bathof God : He knowsGod in his:own light, not in the light of God ; or he judgeth what God is, by what him. fell is (Pfal. 5o. ar .) Thou thonghtefi that Iwas altogether fach a one as thy felf. Not that he thought God was a man ; he had not fuch grofsthoughts of God: but he thought God, as to his ho- linefs, was fuch a.one as himfelf, whowas indeed, notwith(tand- ing his pretentions toholinefs, a very unholy, a meer carnal man. When the Lord Paid to him, Thou thoughtef that TIM altogether fach a one as thy felt ; it is, as if he had .laid, Thou meafuredit me by thy Pelf, and becaufe fuch things pleated thee, thouwouldit needs conclude that they pleafed me too. Had men a clear knowledge of God, as he hach revealed himfelf, they would foon be convinced, that God is not only not altogether, but not at all fuch a one as themfelves. Wenever fee how imperfeEt we are, . till we fee our felves in the light of Gods perfe&ion : and when we duely fee our (elves in that glafs, we greatly abhor our felves Nufquam fe for we cannot but fee much deformity inour felves, when we be- menusdepre hold the beauty and glory of God. And, as when we behold benditmodus that beauty, we (hall abhor our (elves for our deformity and de- im filements fo we (hall be dailymending and cleanfing b a our felves quaAn lumi- from them, according to that macchlefs beauty which we behold. aevulrue Del; in him. As we have departed fromGod by our unlikenefs, fo we infpeculo dwi- {hall get nearer to him by getting more of his image and likenefs. navifrons, Secondly, Thiswherefore in the Text refers co the fight that ulyi in g` qui fob had of himfelf, as well as of God. When fob fawmore of plus videns, himfelf, or himfelf more, then he laid, Iabhor my felt. quidfibi deefl, Hence, Obferve ; emendst indics The more we fee and know our felves, the more we (hall be quiegrudi adafed and lye low in our elves andabhor our felves. cqui deli- y f quit diJmilitu- The real-on why we are foproud of our felves, is, becaufe we dine. similiru- are fo ignorant of our felves. Did we know our Own ignorance di" oppropin- and mif- under(landings, as Job now at lafi did, we fhould (rike quart; ei,d quo fail and come lower ; much more, did we know all chafe abomina- ditjmaitudinc rions that are in our hearts, did we know what pride, and cove nuguft. 1. it. oufnefs , and earthly-mindednefs lye there , what inordinate Confefse9 creature, love what pallions lye there' , what envy lyeth there ;
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