Chap.' o . An Expofttion upon the Bookof J O B. verd¢. Judges, who haveing eyes offiefh,canfee nofurther then the outfide of things, and know no more then is told tbern, and-rberefore muff !fetch out what lies in the heartofman by examination;end ifexami. 'nation will not do it,theymuff do it by torture; Lord there isno need thosefhottldyl take this courfe;thou canji enfarm thyfelffully bow it is with me, though I wouldnot f eaka word, though I amfilent, yet thineear hears the voice and underffands the langtt :ge of my fpirit. Tbcugb Ibideor cover myPelf, yet thy eye ofthyomni`cience loaG,e -quite tborowme ; feeing then thou haft not eyes like the eyes of men, ívberefore is it that thin enquiref{ by theft afilitlions after mine inie gutty, andfearchcff (as men ufetodo) after myfin? Haft than eyes offlefh,or fi ji thouas manfeeth ? God bath no eyes, muck lets eyes offletr ; God is a Spirit, and therefore he cannot haveeyes ofdells ; he is all eye, and therefore (properly )he bath no eyes.The eye is that fpecial organ or mem. ber of the body intowhich the power offeting is contraaedr but God is all over a power of feting, The body ofa man hath feve- rall parts,and feverall honours and offices are bellowed upon eve- ry part. The eye hath the great office and honour of feeing corer. witted to it.The eye is the light ofthe whole body, and know- ledge is the eye of the foul. The eye ofGod is the knowledge of God. TheGreeks exprefs God by a word which frgnifies to fee tp.áaHomers .and he is thereforefaid to haveeyes, and to fee, becaufc the e r s net racum y ey kdendi a principali int}rumeni, and feeing a principal! means by which efeno .cacivtateua :-than receives knowled e. Naturalills tell us there is nothing in petjolt rt oat the ttndertlanding but that which is hill in the fenfe. The fenfes nrmirur àáe are doors to the mind the furniture and riches of that are con - 1peßsre,e°"- veyed in by. the eyes 6r ears.Thcfe bring informations to the uu- itePlaridret- dertianding Natural knowledge cannot have an immediate ac- ,lkl off in_ cefs to rnan,and'tis but feldom that fpiritual hath: Both are cow- tellúuquod monly let inby fenfe. The firperiour powers mull traffick with non prow fait the inferiour, otherwife they makenogain.Though God hath no tofruiti need of any hLlp to bring inor i,nprove his knowledge,yet that is affcribed to him by which knowledge is improved he filth eyes, but not offlefh; he Teeth, but not as man. Haft thou eyes of fh? ,lefhby a Syncchdockc. is put for the whole nature of man 1,1mm z âhe 45t y':Ii tiBU
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