rt 384. Chap. r3. An Expofitioís. upon tbeBook of Jois Verf.9. Some refer it-to God, and expound it as if he had Paid, Do you Nrsmetuid ex- think,it will beprofitable for God to f eel¿, after you, to drawyou to-hi s iltimaris utile tarey, orso the patronage of his saute ? Mrfake trot your'(elves , Deo fieturton God doth not want your help, he can maintain his caufe, though be qatarere es. fee not you for his advocates, though he make,not of his connfel. afcifcere vas in But I pals thisas too 1 rained an interpretation. pia ca,rfa For job intends this direEtly tohïstriends : and while lie faith, Non Farms? is itgood he osoid fearchyou out r his meaninó bent cedct $ fh Ï l 5 is, it will be vebis ,b faaum ill for you. ..It will be fo far from your profit or benefit, from veftru,n difcuf your cafe or credit, that you will find it both your lofs and your fait & propuu mame, ifonce God come andfearch you out. If God look more i' fpexe,tc ac narrowly into this bulinefs , you will get nothing by it but a dilìgentius ex- Y Y g pencterit. Mere. chiding, as is expreffed in the nextverfe, . He willlardy reprove you. 77t7 invefii_ Theword lgnifies not only to fearch diligently, but to fearch Bare,fcrutari. judiciarily, or as a judge iearcheth and tryeth a manor his caufe yob fpeaks of hitnfelf under this language in the'exercife of his Magtilracy,(chap.29.16.)the caufewhich Iknew not 1 fearched out. If any,under the law, enticed their brethren to idolatry,faying, let u; ferveother gods,then(faith the Lord by Mofes,Deut, i 3.4.) fhalt thou enquire and INRke fearch, and ask,drligently, &c. Man fearchethwiiát be cloth not-know ; 'God kuoweth all things and yet he.£earcheth.He doth not fearch to'informhimfelfin what he knowethnot, but he fearcheth to inform or to affure us that he doth know. David prayeth, fearcb me, O Lord, and know my. heart (Pfal. 139. 23.) yet he confeffeth (verf. 1.)0 Lord, thou haft fearcheetmeand knownme; yea he knew God knew himwith- out fearching. There areno fecrets to Gods He knows by im- mediate intuition,not by difcourfe or inquifition. So then, Job fpeaks of God after the manner of men, who make enquiries that they may know, and fearch that they may find. But why fhould it not be good, or what hurt would it be to his friends, if God fhould'feareli them out? I anfwer, Jobfup- poled that his friends had not dealt fairly nor fincerely with him; and though he could not find out the unevennefs of their fpirits towards him, yet God could: He faw perfeEtly that they did not move upon right principles, that there was more of anger and animofity, thenof zeal andcharity in their difcourfe ; that they hala delire rather toconquer him;then tocomfort hiro,and that
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