472 Chap. t o. rQx Expaftion upau the Book of j O B. YerC7 and knew him. The knowledge of God was not a confluent, but a concomitant ofthat fearch ; or it is fpoken in oppotìtion to man ; a manmay fearch his neighbour, and yet not know him. There are depths and turnings in the heart of man,which no man can reach or find out ; but God hath a thread which will lead him into all and thorow all the Labyrinths, a Line which will found all the depths ofman. Hence David tnakcs a particular of the knowledge of God ; God-knew him in all that he was, and in all that he did, Thou knoweft nn down - lying and my up-rïfing, and tlinuart acquainted with all my wages. God is the Judge rtegs 4 ofall men, therefore he knows all men, Heb. 4. r 3. There it no I'MPAO(rárx. creature which is not manifefi in hisfight, all things are naked and open before him, with whom wehave to do, The Apoflle by two Metaphors in thefe words teaches us, that as the out- members and lineaments of thebody, together with their beauty or dcf t- tniy are clearly feen,when the body is naked and unelo, t ied,that as the bowels and intrails of the body, together with their found-- netts or difeafes areperftetiy ditcovered,when the body is diffee`t- ed o r cut up by the handof a skilful Ana tomiii,even Co are we in all we do, and in all we are perfectlyknown, or as the fame Apo- file fpeaks (z Cor.5.1 r.) manifèff untoGod, even manifefl with as much ciearnefs to the knowledge ofGod, as the light is to the eye ofman. He knows, I. Our perfons. 2. Our aEtions, 3. He knoweth the manner ofour aftions: 4. He knows with what hearts we ad. 5. He knoweth not only the means we ufe, but the ends we propofe in every action. 6. He knoweth what we have been as well as what we are. And 7 Heknoweth what we will be, as well as what we are or have been ; He knoweth what we have done, as well as what we do ; and he knoweth what we will do, as well as what we do or have already done. He feeth all creatures iu theglafs of his own counfels thorow and thorow. His eye bath thorow lights in all parts of the world, and in the hearts ofall men in the world. And feeing man cannot be hid fromGod, it is the vainefi at- tempt for any man to think of hiding himfelf from God ; yet that is not only the attempt, but the hope ofmany, who while they do what they would not haveken, pleafe themfelves with this conceit, that they are not teen in doing it, or that they can fecure what they' have done from being feen. We learn'd this ofour hit} parents, in whom the fìrli thing that appeared (next their
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