Chap 14.. An . Expo f tion upon the l ioo ko fJo i . Verf. 3 . 56; is a fmall gift. Thus we may underftand rob, as if he thought bimfelf unworthy of the leaft motion of Providence. Doft thou vouchfafe toopen thine eye upon inch a one ? I am not worthy thou ihouldeft take nbtrce of me, or ofmy condition. A glance of thy eye is more then I can look for. I will not profecute this fenfe, both becaufe I handled it, chap. 7,17. asálfo, becaufe though it be a truth, yet, I conceive, it is not the proper truth of this place. Secondly, As opening ofthe eye liggnifies providence and care Aperireocu. todo usgood, fo watchfulneffe to difcover and find out what los in ali- we are, or what evil we have done : for as in Scripture to ?pen quern ell in- the hand is to be liberal,bountiful,and munificent(Pfal. iq.5. r6.) tentís oculiee Thou openef thy hand andfatisfiefi the delre of every living thing. earn valde So to open the eye upon a man, notes diligent infpe&ion over obfervare, him, or an accurate obfervation ofhiswayes,goings, a&ings, to quid rerum bringhim to a ftri& account for all : he that paffeth a man by, agar,Druf and will not bringhim to judgment forwhat he bath done,is faid (inour common fpeech) to connive or wink at him. He that winks at another ,will not fee though he doth fee. It is faid (AILx7,3o.) That Godwinkedat the former times of their igno- rance, but now hecommands allmen every where to repent, becaufe hehath appointeda day wherein he will judg the world. There is another meaning of winkingwhich I have opened ( chap. S. 4. ) but this is a truth, Godwinked, that is, he did not take much tiotice,or followmen upand down,to fee what they did in thofe times, becaufe they were in the darknefs of ignorance;. they had butlittle light todo goodby, therefore he was not fo ftriet toobferve what evil theydid ; fo that the opening of the Eye, implyeth a critical, or judiciary infpedion , as well as a pater- nal,fatherly,careful infpe&ion ; andfo weare to Expound this place,as is evident from the fixthverfe of this chapter, where yob Context defires that which is contrary toopening the eye , the turning expofcit ut from him, that he might re.ib till he Jhall accomplilh as a hireling his defeveritate dates. He that openethhis Eye to a man,turneth his face to hire ; divini judici now Peeingman is weak, and his daies determined , turn from loquatur. himwith thine Eye, or why doff thou fet thine Eye upon him? Sand.. As ifhe had faid, Doth it become thy greatnefs and Majefy, to take fucbflri5b noticeofall themotionsoffo poor a creature as I am ? or doth it become thy goodnef and mercy to be fo fevere to watch me fo narrowly, .to look after me fo 'exactly that I cannot ilir Csc 2 but
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