432 Chap. b. Expofition upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 4 ofGods countenance is clouded and ( as it were ) benigbts tb foule, then terrour takes hold upon us. Under either of thefe no- tions, we mayunderstand the terrains of this text, The terrourr ofGoddoefet themf elves in array againfi me. It was true in re- fpeec of outward troubles, they were very terrible :-But efpecial- ly in regard of inward troubles ; when God fet his fins in aray be- fore him, or hid his face,and obfiruted thecourfe of his wonted communion. Set themfelves in aray againft me. The Original imports, a very"exa&, curious, artificial ordina- Ú2ñsvir, rs tion and difpofal of things; As if the Lord had even fiudied to be none &fro.. exalt and exquifite in aRliEting Job ; he puts his forrowes into a portione,diffo. method, and his troubles into order. The providence of God ob- iuit, ¡Omit. ferves a rule, and is harmonious in thofe t hings whichappear to us, a chaos, a heapof confuton. The word is applied Firti, To the ordering of fpeech, or difputations ; There is a kind ofembattailing in difputatïon, when it isregular and artifi- cial ( Job 32. 14. ) Now be hath not direeled biofpeecb againfi me, faith Elihte, concerning Job;asifhe had-laid, jab hath not mar- flailedhis argumentsagainft me, but all the charge hath been up- on you. Secondly,I find the word ufed in reference unto prayer:Prayer ought tobe full of holyorder and cómpofednefs >' Pfal. 5. 3. ) in the morning willIdiret7 my prayer to thee, and look up. In themorning will I put myprayer in array,I will pofturemy pray- er in a gracious order,my heart in order, and my words in order, everypetition fball (as it were)keep rankand file,when I am fee- king unto God : Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be Natty, toutter any thing beforeGod, is the counfel of the Holy Ghofi by Solomon, Eeclef. 5.2 But, properly, the word is applied to the marfhall'íng and im= battailing ofan Army (, er. 5o. 9.) Loe, I will raife, andeaufe tes come up againff Babylon, an affembly of great nations from the North country, and they (hall fit themfelves iii aray againfi her, &c. So then, whereas Job faith, The terroúrs ofGod arefet in array againft me, he would intimate that God afiaed him, both order- ly and refolvedly.It was not Come confus'd terrour,orfudden fur- prifal,but the LordGod,tike fotne great Commander or General, muttered
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