3 r4 Chap.r 2. An Expofition upon the Boob of Job. Verf.22 by force fpeedy means. A birdshall do it : toe .rvieffenger (hall not go but run, he than not run t,u. fly, 4 egafits pall be the Poo, he (hall have wings added tohis feet, he fha II. ! have wings in ftead offeet. The Angels are defcribed with wings in Scrip :cure to thew their (peed, a winged Mef(ènger (hall be dilpatcht on Príneipeo Q'ry' this Errand. Once more, as Come rei`err this difcovery purely pot entiores Pot to the providenceof God, fo others to the policy of Princes, auritifmt, vtx who have their fpies flying like birds in all places ; men no more autodicirú t feared to carry the report of what is fpoken, than a bird is. guodipforum They have their Inteiligencers in every Bedchamber, men no cognitionemfu- more feared to carry the report of what is fpoken, than the giat. Jun. Chamber doors are. In the fame fenfe that Kings are laid to have long hands, we may fay an that they have long ears : They have long hands, becaufe they can Life means to th ike chofe that are far from them : and they have long ears, becaufe they canLife means to hear chofe who are far from them. But whether we take this or the former Interpretation, the point is equally con- firmed,for even chofe difcoveries which are made bymen,are or- dered and brought onby the wife and holy providenceof God,, who doch fo hate evil, and all the works of moral darknefs, efpe- dally the curling of Kings and lawful Magiftrates, that he will ditcover them out cf all the deeps, either of natural or artificial darknefs. Further, God bringeth good things as well as evil, juft and holy a&ions, as well as fir,ful and unjuft, out of the deeps of darknefs;. Many "works light lye in darknefs : many excellent things are underconcealment. Davids integrity lay in the dark, yet God brought it forth as the light, and his innocency as the Noon day. God is not Unrighteous, to forget or conceal, either our labour of love, or labours in Holinefs, though men doe. Laftly, How great an experiment bath God given us of this truth, in that grand difcovery which he hath made to the world (in this latter age) of another world. A great part of the world, even fo great as bears the name of a, new world, was a deep thing of darknefs, to this part of the world, for many and many ages and generations. No man fomuch as dream'd of inch Nati- ons as are now ditcovered. The furface of thofehuge Countries was as little known to us as the centerof the earth is : yea it was judged a kind of Heretic in ancient times, to lay there were
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