39S chap. I. .Bn Expofitisn upon tbr Book sf JO B. Verf.27 a1I, Loe thti;r, we havefearcbed it,fo it +s, heave it, and' know it for thy good. Two things he concludes with, ftra with an afrertiön of the truth of what he had fpoken, So it ie. Secondly, with a motion for his affent to what was fpoken Hear it. Or the words may fall under a three -fold confederation. r. Conclufion As the 2. Confirmation of his fpeech. 3. Application And this application is lirengthned by a three-fold Motive-. By a motive, firfl from experience, Loe thir,me havefearched its we have found the thing to be true. Secondly. Bÿ a motive from the truth of the thing in it felt fo it it : we have fearched it, we have experience ofit, fó it ir, the thing is certain. And then, Thirdly, From the fruit and benefit of it,tfhe fubmit unto and obey the truth delivered, know itfor thygood,thou (hilt reap the profit ofit. Thefe are three motives,by whichhe firengthens his exhortation,in applying the truth he had beatenout, in,his former difcourle. We havefearched it i As if Eliphaz had raid, we have not ta, r1 ken theft things upon trut , or by an implicit faith ; we have not Scruruu,,pr- received them by tradition from our fathers, but we have fearch- fcruraru eß, ed, and trycd, and found out, that thus the matter Hands in Gods fu.v" p" Our ab. difpenfations, both toa wickedman and to a godly man,in all the particulars run through in this Chapters Or we have (arched, that is,we have learned thefe truths by experiénces That God pu- nithe:h not the innocent,that,man cannot compare in jutfice with God, that, hypocrites thall not profper long, and that, mans aflli- ¿iions are the fruit ofhis tranfgrcflìous. The word tignifies a ve- ry diligent and exaF fcrutiny, ( .Dent. t 3. 14.) Thou (halt en- quire andmake feareb, and aske diligently ; it is to fearch as Jod- Î iligenri in- ges fearch and enquire about any crime; or queflion in Law deter- gutfitione 3' minable by their lèntenee,and as we fearch to find the meaning of verirari fart a riddle. (Jud. 14. r4.) The word is alCoapplied to the fearch- tatione nacnon randirorum and enquiries of a Spie (Jung. 18. 2;) lent to bring intelli. dtviria- provi..f;ence ; A (pie is an exac`f inquilìtor,into all affaires given bim in denria judirio charge for difcovery. So here, ws havefearched out, we have fpi- rum confdero. ed out and tryed this thing to the utmoll we have as it were,read time re: its y , 1,A,re coo,. over all the records ofdivine . Truths, wehave examined all expe_ w, . rienees
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