C iiap.9. An Expofition;upon theBookofJ O B. Verf: 16` he alone that bath granted it of his good pleafirre in, Chrift. I wouldnot l eleive that he hadhearkned to my voice. The word figuities.both belciving and eftablifhing,or to believe Crederefl._bife and eílablifh; and the reafùnout is,becautè faith fettles the heart, ejc Faithú the efiailifhment ofthejbul.An unbelciver hash nobottoms- he is built without a foundation, his fpirit is unfixed. And that act of,beleiving LI wou'dnot beleive ] is the generals adoffaith, namely, a firm aflent to the truthof what another fpeaketh. An affent to the truth of it two wayes. To the . truth of it : Firlt, Hii}grically, that filch thing was tpoken or. 1?Al t done.; And then Logically,that the thing is true which is fpoken. Creed ¡PA- When lie faith,I would not beleive that God,bath done this, his meaning is, I would not affe'nt to it, as done for my fake, or for cit,ationem myvoicemot that he would not beleive the thing was.done at all, ¡rcliaatiottem arinO denote He affcnted to the word and anfwer of God, whcn;he did receive sa olterius di- it ; but in that rellridion, he would not beleive ít,namely in re £!á. Cujus op" ference to bimfelf, that he bath hearkned to his voice. pftumell, au" To hearken is more then to hear ; ' it notes the inclination of the ref claudere et cbturareadali mind,rather thon the attentionof the ear.As to flop the ear notes cujusfermor,ezn. the [hurtingofthe heart againfi obedience,raher then of the ear. i-lireprnverbi- againft audience. To tell a tale to a deaf man, is to fpeak to one . um.Surdo that hears, hut will not grant. narras ïabu From all it appears, la:n.He verba pp ewa an,dett,i/t Era, That, job fpeaks very highly of the goodnefs ofGod, ani,Tifinißca_ namely, that God anfwers prayer, though he bath not rcfpet to toncn costs- the voice of him that prayeth;thoughhe had anfwered,me,yet would I not beleive that he had hearkned unto my voice. ..,r.c can a"` Secondly,That,he fpeáks exceeding humblyand fubmiflively of eritgnatio, ti- rae,-umabieri., hin,iclf, myvoice;what am I, a poor creature,that I fhould think I- lane hrrnard had carried the matter with God Yrovrdencia Thirdly,_That,he fpeaks very wifelyand underftandingly con - ieí to nobs[ cerning the nature and effi, cac of ra er,and the means procuring, benev 1a eß, g Y" p Y 1 g' cum nutla bene- anEwers of prayer. When man prayes God anfwers ; but hedoth vo'entix eater- not anfwer becaufe man prayes. naprietargu- Fourthly, That, he fpeaks very highly and gloriously of the- n.ent.¡, i "° `':` providence of God, though providence ad darkly towards= quand . q em ex,u5ir t <, bird man. We pray, "Godanfwers, and doth us good, yet things- senterit malo- may go quite contrary in appearance, If I bad called s and he had ,rm .anfweredme,yet would I no belee.ve thal,ht had bearkucd unto my voice,
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