324 Chap.' 2. An Expofition upon theBook ofJOB. Verf. 24 1;7 1iDt, whofpakg theworldout of nothing? When a people increafe in fin as much as in fovereignty, and are ítraitned in obedience and thankfulnefs to Godwho bath enlarged them, then he reduces them to their former nothing. yob bath not yet done with thisargument , but as he had told us ofthe judgements of God upon greateft perlons before he fpake ofNations , fo now having fpoken ofthe judgements of God uponNations, he defcends in his conclufion to thofe again which God fendsupon eminent perfons in the two lait verles of this Chapter. JOB Chap, 12. Verf. 24, 25. Ne taketh away the heart of the chief ofthepeople of theearth, and caufeth there to wander ina wilder. nefs where there ssno way. Theygrope in the darkwithout light , andhe naaketh their toflagger like a drunken titan. 1"`Hefe two verfes are the continuation and conclufionofJobs. 11, argument, lifting up the power and wifdom of God in his difpenfations towards men, In theformer part ofthe Chapter we havedifcufl"ed what God doth to perfons and what to nations. Here Job turner] his fpeech upon a point which he had touched before, He maeth. the Judgesfools, or turneth their counfels into folly ; Now, He taheth away the heart ofthe chiefof the people of theearth. He takethaway. 1D Eff rue-. ¿ere de.linare, Some read, He changeth, Others, He removal), or caufeth to in MPhil re- decline. The Hebrew will bear either of thofe readings , Ho . mover, recede. taketh.away re fibers. Theheart of thechief ofthe peopleofthe earth. The heart is thechief piece in any of the people ofthe earth. And here he taketh away the heart of the chiefof the people ofthe earth,..
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