Chap. ay 4,t Expofiti.a upon the Book of ,j OB. Verfc. 9. 237 things without number, no marvel then ifhe could not meafure his dealings, by the line of humane underftanding,or fumme up their account, by the heft of his Arithmetick. This in general, for the common tendency phis difcourfe, about thofe nobleads of divine Providence inearl ily things. I. comenow toopen the words inparticular. Which dothgreat things andunfearchable, marvellous things with- out number. Which cloth. He fpeaks in the prefent tenfe,he (ayes not,which bath done great things, or, which will dogreat things ; but which doth great things. And thatnotes not only a prefent aft,but a continued al,or an everlafting ad ; or,as ifthe workingsof God were but one add, pall, and to come, all included in the prefent, He Both. As in his Nature andEffence, though C,od was from all eternity, and {hall be unto all eternity, yet his name is, l am.So his works, though he hath donegreat things. and (hall do great things for ever, yet all are comprehended in this, I do, or He d)th great things. Chrift (Job. 5. i7:) fpeaks this language, My Fa-. :her rtrorketh hitherto , warketh ; All that which God had done, and all that he (hould do, is tobe looked upon as his prefent aó My Father warketh hitherto. Again, there is fomewhat to beconfidered in thenatural ern-: phafis of the word it fell, as well, as in the circumílantial of the pt; neinne, time. .The word which we tranflate Doth, fignifies more than ands' extuifrè ordinary Doing; which cloth great things. The Criticks oblerve, fait . that in fridnefs and proprietyof the Hebrew, it fignifies to do yuu o as a thingcompleatly, perfectly and exaóly, or (as we fay) the fet- ceetur, fit ringofour tali. hand to a work. HenceEfate (Gen. 25 35.) had his fafìus d7 per- name. When Jacob and Efau were born, Efate came forth firft, fella phi'. and the text faith, they calledhis name Efau, and why ? becaufe Blau fonatper- he was born, made up,in greaterperfeElion, than anordinary child.f¡,mu , ß°p'7 Efate fignifies, adorned and perfected, becaufe he came into the fetitor peer; world hairy, or withhair upon him, which is both a natural or- i.e, ingrains narrent, and an argument of .natural flrength, aflivity and pt'ls in lucent .,beat of fpirit, &c. Hence they call'd him, Efate : So then, the jun.rin lac,. word [cloth] imports doing, . not by way ofeffay or incoation, but doing ;compleatly, or to carry a thingon, or up to anex- traordinarydegree ofperfeCfion. I (hall give one Scripture to it luftrate that fignificancy ofthe word, /ía.43.7. where the Lord 11h by
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