Chap, iq, 44 Expofitionupen the Boo ,of Jos. Veri 5. we think nothing is done wifely, allis done wifely. And that, which croffeth the revealed, fulfills the fecret will of God. The . molt diforderly confumptions (to us) are determined and or- dered by God. As thisword [determined] is i applyed to the days of man, it bath a twofold fignification. Firft, It notes that the daysofman are reduced by God to a Dies Komints certain number. dicuntur de Secondly , That they are reduced to fo fhort a number, fo force friti 'I' men" tranflate, Are not thedays of man fhort orfew ? and the Septuagint n am core yetclofer : Is not the life ofman upon the earth one day ? as Zan our fur" life were contracted into onefingle day, or determined into the a m & an- narrozveftcompaffe. ?;es brevet Yet I conceive ( though the Orginal may bear it) this latter Dje,s. funs fenfe=is not fo futable to this place ; Yob told us at the beginning, Vul. of the chapter, that the days c)f man are few upon the earth ; And Ezvx ñ 'Os not probable that hewöuld touch upon the fame faring twife in wkeq ó ß,òs fo narrow a compaffe. am s ns So then, Thisdetermination ofour days refers toacertain num- yñs. ber or meafure ofour dayes 'a? :ic i expofition as it keeps adiffer girt ide %uod' ence in thewords, fo it Both latch illuftrate the minde of 7ob.who Tr-km Rab, in this difcourfe endeavoursbyvarious argumentsto let forth the Day, miferyandweakneffe of man, and to plead with God upon that account for pity and fparing mercy. This interpretation falls in joint alfo with the next ciaufe of theverfe, about which I íhall . adde a word before I give thepoint. Thenumber of his moneths are with thee. That is, In thy power, under thy eftablífhment or in thy Apudnos knowledge, fo we render this phrafe (chap. io. 7.) Thouknow- numerum eft that Iam not wicked, the Hebrew is, It 14 with thee that I am lorum ef'e. not tricked, fo, thee member of his moneths are with thee, that . diciwus qua- is , they are plain before thine eye, and eftablifhed in thy coup- rummoue- fel. rus a nobis Obferve fiat, into what frnall portions he diftributes the life ftabilitr of man, dayes and moneths, Hisdales are determined, and the Aquin; number of hismoneths are with thee. God hath a diftinfl knowledge of every particular time of mans life, and digefteth it into the fmal- 1 ft dips' lions : he kaowethnot only thofe more remarkable fta? Eeee 3 ges c
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