Chap. II 2, An Expofition upon the boot¿ of.Job.VerC23: ,319 nor in(cience nor obli%ion, our ownou orhe, s, can long cover a good wok; let it be onlyour care to do goer, it is the careof Chrift that no good which we have dorre (hall be loft or left in perpetual darknefs. God makes many u: ec,-eries of deep things out of darknefs hue, and he will make an naiverfal difcovery at laft : As that Apottulical Caution ag4mff raft) judcmtnr clearly imports ( Cor.q. 5) Judge nothing before the titne,until the Lord come who will bring to light the hidden things of darknefs ( whether good or bad) and will maze rnanifeti the counfels of the hearts ( whether jutt or unjuft ) and thin./hall everyman ( who is pralle worthy) have pratfe of God. I he ApoiHe in this aims rather at the encouragement of the Saints, whole bell anions are often hid, than at the terronr of the wicked, whodelireand hope that their evil "a&ions (hall be always hid. Thus we fee howGod dil covers dark and deep things. In the next verfe we (hall fee him al- tering and difpoling, turning and c great things,even the Nations of the earth. hanging Verf23. He increa/tth theNations anddeflroyeth them,h.e enlarget h the Nations andfraitneth th:m. Here are twoalts of providence4like Cheker-work,a whir e and Non folum 1 c- sir juaporentiæ 'a black : an aít of mercy, and an a& of jrirsgm t!nt, and an a&of ac japic,ntia the right hand, increafing andenlaTing, and an aE of the left, de- documenra pra-' praying andfiraitning Nations. God dota not only rhaCe particular ber, in his q.ra perlons how great frever they are ( Goofing the bond of Kings, and r ¡rsreclatnnr, pouring contempt upon Prince:,&c.) but he bath a controverfie with f d iA ún; erfa whole Nations and Kingdoms, they (hall be abated and aunt cliqua rnsltiru under his hand, if they go on provoking ark( finning againft dine 6. nume- him. rgfftno peptic. He increafeth the Nations. Mere. The word which we tranflate to increafe, bath a doublederi- 811UCrefccre; vat ion. Some take it from a Root whichlignifiesto augment or rnu1riplicare. multiply. Others take it from a Root which fgniñés to erre or Z] Errare. wander, and in conftruúion,to deceive. Hence Tome- render ir'V ° V" xj á;rci,?,úy He deceiveth the Nations; anddefroyeth them fo the Septuagint ; aTÚ. and it 'is a truth, God deceiveth theNations, he leaveth client Decipiens g,n_ to their own miffakes, or to the evil counfelsof others, and then te's (%N perde s deroyeth them. Deftru&ion is utitally let in by mifipprchenfon. ear, Sept, The
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