2 Chap. z2. An Expo, ition upon the Boom ofJob. Verf2q., whether he goes : He is in a Wildernefs, who knoweth not his way, or defpaireth of his end. R S;1 tnanitas The Original word is Tohu. Mofes path it to exprefs the vacuitas,conft- Chaos, Gen. 1.1. The earth was without form and void : Before fio,res it, God planted the world, all the world was a Wildernels, a place in invio vet without form,it had nomethod in it : Creation methodiz''d that Mani ubi nrüus rude heap,and drew the Wildernefs intoa Garden. AWildernefs, fit dfcc,Ita notes any flare or condition without Chape or order and thole turn rx tar. men wander in a Wildernefs, who wanting the true leadings of Pined. humane reaon > and a divine rule > dangerous and pernicious dente ctiftitutt virx ¢g ratio - ways, both to themfelves and others : He that goes in fuck ways, net ineunt in- goes out of his way, yea (as the next claufe of the verle fpeaks ) commedas & he goes without,all ways. They wander in a Wildernefs pernicinfas. Where there i, no way. 7111 her, via The way is tobe underftood as the Wildernefs,metaphorically : qua catcatur The word fignifieth,not only a way whichwe tread withour feet, pedibus per me- but theway which we tread with our a&ions : A right courfe of taphoram cur- life is the way of man. Thefe (through the judgement of God) t.tvet v vend infiirt. u' Wander ina Wildernefs where there isno way ; that is, noplain,, no t right, no beaten way, nnleis beatenby theSous of Belial, or by the Travellers to the landof trouble and darknefs. Wïten God takes away the hearts of men, they run fcrange courtes, and go ways which pile men never went, the foot of honefty or of lattice, treads not their paths. Theywho go in fuch ways,Go inaWilder- nefs where there is no way. Oblerve from this effei , Fitt, That the very miffakes anderrours of men are from Gd. a. Spiritual mtftakes, or mittakes in fpiritual things (Ifa. 63. 7 f.) 0 Lord; why half thou made us to erre from thy ways ( fo the Churchcryeth out ) and hardened our heart from tby fear ? God made them to erre when he did not effe&sully Phew them the truth; he hardened their hearts when he did not folten them. God left them a while to thecondu& of their own lulls, becaule they had long refuted the conclu& of his Spirit. They vexed bid Spirit (verf.ti.)and thereforehe gave them up to their own fpi- rits Mal a:) All the motions of manare aberrations, when he moveswitbour,or agai,nft the counfel of God: 2. Miftakes,
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