Chap. 9. An Expofition upon tbeBoe,lt, of J OB. Verf. 12. 233 ceive him not ! We regard not his comings or goings, his comfortings or withdrawings, when our fpirits are heated, or when they are cold, when we are ftrong, or when we are weak : There are continual varieties and changes in our fpirits, had we a clearnefs to make obfervation. The work of God in the heart of a beleiver moving it ordering it, preferving it, comforting it, purging it,is as wonderful, and more,then any ofhis wórks in the whole world. Thirdly, Note, Man is not fit to fit as a judge upon the wnrlt anddealings of God. Shall we judge God in what heBoth, when we cannot appre- hend what he doth ? a Judge mutt have the full cognizance of the matter before him, how elfe can he pars fentence about it ? Shall man be fo bold as toget up into the throne, and pars fentence upon what God dote, when he cannot apprehend or take in evi- dence ofwhat he doth ? Hegoeth by thee,and thoufeeft him not; he pafetb on all°, and thouperceivefi him not ; And wilt thou cenfure what thou canft not perceive ? Fourthly, Which is Jobs (cope, Itfhould be matter of great tbumilation to to that we feefo little ofGod. Go' d works round about us and in us, and yet we know little of him. Our blindnefs thould abafe us in our own eyes : God is all eye, and all hand, and we fo blind that we cannot fee what his hand loth , it mutt lay a man low in ¡his own fight, to confi- der how little he fees of God. Verf. la. Behold he taketb away, who can hinder him ? who[hall fay unto him, What doff thou ? This and the next verfe containa proofof man's weaknefs, as the former doth ofmans,ignorance and blindnefs, He pafj"eth by, and Ifiehim not. There is mans blindnefs, He t4etb away, and who can binder him ? There is mans weaknefs. Suppofe a man fhould fee God in his works, and apprehend what he is about,yet though he hath fo much light,as to fee God,he bathnot fo much ftrength, , as to hinder Gal 9 is not this an argument of mans weaknefs? What ! contend with God.? God doth many things, and thou,canftnotfee bim, or ifthóu,feeft-him,yet it is not in thy power to ftop him, B:ebold.he taketh away, andwho can hinder him? Yea, man is fofar from being able to atop or hinder God, in >ri h what s.
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