É, 222 Chap.' 2 . AnExpoftion upon the Bookof Job.Verf. t ì. JOB Chap. z2. Verf.Yt,t2,t3,t4. Doth not the ear try words ? and the'mouth tafle his meat ? With the ancient i1 wifdotat, and in length ofdayet, underflanding. With him is wifdom andflrength, he bath counfel and underflanding. Beholdhe breaketh down, audit cannot be built again: he fbuteth up a man, and there can be no opening. THEknot of Conne&ion which ties there words to the for- mer, lies fu elute, that many have been troubled to find it out. Agitur de ere- Firft, It is conceived by fome, that lob having in the former torts cognition,? %erîes,the7rh and 8th, called his, friends to read the book ofNa- percipienda ex turc ; Ask now the bea¡fs and they ¡hall teach thee &c. Turnover crra,uris expe- , arum all the leaves of coat great Vuluinné, the world, and they will be fenfrbitiuth,qux inlnr&ion to thee. He now purfues thefamepoint, and tells them per ittos duos , that it would not be annrufi able for them,' or loft labour,if they f,rfusguilurn in purluarice of his ro ;:fell fhould let upon this ítady; Forthe auditumr , ear tryeth words, and th. mouth, ta'leth hisbteat,that is,every fence a r Aquin will give them in -,rmarion about its proper oble&s, and Phew placer crust. the peculiar end of its inftinition : he infianceth'in two fences, Sand. Hearir:g and Tattáng bya Synechdoche, for all the reft, as if he had faid ; Each power and Faculty with which the nature of man is endowed, will be a ecnirtbutour towards the attainment of this knowledge ; anddeclare that the wifdom andpower of God is eminent and confficuous in the creature. Andbecauseold men haveheard many words, and have tatted many meats, that is, have had long experience of things therefore he addeth in the 12th verfe, With the ancient is wifdom, and in length of dales, under- (landing, they who have run ere longer/ courfè in the world, and have teen the greaten variety of changes muff needs know aloft of Cud, becaufeevery change holds forth fotnewhat of God. Secondly, The Conne&ion appears to others thus ; as if yob would here again meet with that opinion which his friends ( Z?phar efpecially) had more than once infinuated, that the do&vine
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