34.4 Chap. r 3. An Expofition upon the Book,of JOB. Verf.i. Therefore thofe things are true and ought to be receivedbyyou as troths. Loe, mine eye bathfeenall this, &c. 7r p'ex cogni Here is a threefold knowledge laid down in this verfe : ti>, c. eculorum i Knowledgeby experience, Loe, mineeye bath feen. per experrenti- am, 2.aitrú per 2 Kn wledge by trad,tion,or by teaching,Mine ear bathheard, triaditionem , 3. Knowledge bydifcourfe, Mine ear bath heard and under, 3. intellea s flood it, that is, I haveunderftood what I have feen andheard. per difeur(Nm. Loe, mine eye pathfeen. In ocutú.mens The eye is taken in Scripture.two waies. dj ratio inte.' a . Figuratively, So it is put for the underftanding, becaufe as t'gitur,qua,qu.a the eye is the light ofthe body; fo the underftanding is the light Cognovimus of the mind. An ignorant man is a blind man, how clear lighted diJ,e dkimur. ,foever the eye of his body is (Deut.29 4,) The Lord hath not Sand. givenyou an heart toperceive, and eyes tofee, andears to hear me- to this day. Here are three faculties , and three as : i The heart to perceive 2, The eye to fee, 3. The ear to hear. The heart is fometimes put for the whole inward man , and then the eye and the ear are taken properly for the organs of the out- ward man : but we cannot interpret Mores fo , for though the Lord hadnot given them an heart-to perceive, yet they had bo- dilyeyes to fee , and ears to hear , they were neither deafnor blind fenfitively : fo then, the two latter exprefiìons import no more then the firft ; hebath not given you eyes to fee, he bath notgiven you ears tohear , that is , you are utterly shut up in biindnefs and ignorance, or youhave not hearts to.perceive (Lak;24.3 t.) Their eyes were openedand they knewhim. They law before, but they did not fee difcerningly, or with the light oftheir underitandiugs. The butinefs of the Gofpel is to open the eye, to turnfrom darknefs tolight,andfrom the power ofSatan unto God (Ad.26. i 8.)That is , ` to convince the underftanding, that; a Rate of tin is a fate ofdarknefs , and that the grace and favour of God to (inners i light, that, to be under the'power of finis to be uier the power of Satan,and that it is bothour duty and our happinefs to turn to God. To fee three things, and there our underftandings only canfee, is to have our eyes opend. Some underftand the text in Job , of the eye , in this tropical fenfe,
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