224 ChapJ9. An Expofition upon the $ookof J GB Verf. r t. OB Chap. 9. Verf. I r, r2, 13. Loe, hegoeth by me, and "fee himnot i hepafethon alto, but 'perceive him-not. Behold, he take-tb away,who canbinder him dwho/Rillfay unto him, What doeft thou z If God willnot withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do (loop under him. I o B having-in-the former context exalted the power and wir domofGod inmany inflances, and clofedall with an admiring fentence , He cloth great things andunfearchable, marvelous things without number. He, in thefe words feems togive a proof ofthole attributes of Gods works,that they are innumerable andunfearch- able, &c. verk Lea. For loe, hegoeth by me andIfee him not ; bepaffeth on alfo, but Iperceive him not. As if hehad laid, I am not able to reckon how often he work - eth, for I cannot alwaies perceive when he worketh, I amnot able to fearch out all his great and wonderful!wings, for I cannot fee him in many ofhis aftings. Hegoeth by me, andIfee him not. The Lord is faid to go by us, not in regard ofany local motion for, he that filleth all places, moves to none, Do not I fill heaven and earth ? Is the Lords query of himfelf to thole who thought to play leaf} in fight with him. And he convinces them that they could not be hid from him in fecret places, becaufehe fills all places. There is no place to be found beyond the lineof heaven and earth, both which God fills (fer. 23, 24.) Then his motion is not local, but providential,Goddoth not move to all, but bit aîting =7r1 is his moving. He goeth by us,doing marvellous things for us, and Blutavir, vari- we fee not when he is doing, or what he is doing. avir, rem vet The other word here ufed [Hepaffeth on] is of the fame fence tacum,denorat yet more peculiar and proper to the motion of fpirits, we had it mutarioncm Y P P P' P 9 condirionisrft in the fourth Chapter, verf. a . Afpiritpaffedbefore me, faith E- loci.motinPr. l;phaz, when he fpeaks ofthe vilion that appeared. It iìgnifiesto yct, E. change
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