692 Chap. 7. An Expofition upon the Book of J O B, vert. ao 0 thou preferver of men, N 241E. 0i6? Here is the Compeilation, or the title, under which fob be- vJVit,obferva_ (peaks the Lord ( and it is a ropl ar.e) The preferver of men, 1 he vit,eu/lodivie, words figntfies, both to preferve and to obfetve ; and hence it defendie, de is applyed to our keeping the Law of G.)d , Pfal. r 19. 22. I have tdiriibet tur cuflo- kept thy tefÈimor.ies, I have kept theta, by obfeevation, that is I &J ntfcn haw, obe yed thy Commandements. The word is often applyed ciao, feris] toGod, in reference co mans protection and prefervation,Desse z. veuibufq; io. Mfes defcribes the care of God over .is people Ifrael, He rlaudere,ttcet found them in the W ldernefs ( as a p:opie wandering and going aQ 1,roprie tu¡!oe {}ray ) 4,41 he kept them as the apple of his eye ; that is, he looked iJ`t;tt dicitur,fedcon to them and had a continual tender care over there, So Pfal. 17, fundifag:. g. Keep me as the apple of thine eye. Drul The Septuagint render it, O ,thou preferver of men ;, -What (hall i7,5,44,0. I do unto thee , O thou who art the obferver and looker into the very 73,víïveuro hearts of men ? Lord faith he, what wilt thou have me to do ? ecr)panrov, Thou l.00kefl quite th-rough me , and fe:ff all that is in me, I qui prefpe£fatn need not declawmyfclf unto thee, thou knowcfl me altogether, habis mentem Thou rvho art the fearcher of the Than , and the trier if the Reins ; daominam.Sep Thou who art a moil vigilant watcher over all my waycs, what have 1 done,or fpoken,buc thou knowea and canff eafily obferve.. Thus job fpeaks at the 14th of this book, verfe rd. Thou numberej my f rps ; a man obferves another curioufly , when he tells how many fteps he treads , it is an expref3-ion, noting the exa&eft ob- fervation. ' Solomon joyns the a& cf keeping with obferving, Proverbs 24. 1 2. If thoufapff, beheld he knosnttb it not (t11is is ch refutation ofan Atheift ) dotb not be that pondereth the heart, con- fider it , and be that keepetb the foul , dotb not be know ? fie that preferves'us in our wayes , muff needs fee us in all our wages.' Again, Prefervingor keeping may be underftood two wages! Pita, There is a preferving or keeping of man , that he flail `uJlasbosst, not efcape. And rune, qui ha. Secondly, Apreferving or keeping of man, that he (hall not =inert t,libto takehurt. Someunderftand it in the fir(' fence, O thou preferver matt quote of men p that is , O thou , who art fo firia a Keeper and Watcher quadam ago- over men , that they cannot efcape thine band. A man is Paid to diJ i,tclndts tit be in fafe cuttody, when he is a Prifoner, and fo the fence is thus rtonfi'èffugi_ aoo,o giyep, Lard, they haft me fall- enasigb, I enact brsak away frog.
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