Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v4

6o Chap. t t. An Expofttion upon the Took of J O B. Verf. 7. finnot todefire to know what wemay, as to defire toknow what we may not. It is our duty td enquire and travel to the utmoft ofour line we muff not lit down where we are, becaufe we can- not go as farce as we would. As we muff aim at , and labour af- ter perfefêion in holines, though we cannot reach it ; fo alfo in knowledge. We muff not ref} in any imPerfe& knowledge of God , becaufe we cannot know him perfeftly. Which Zophar teacheth us in the next words ; Canfl thoufinde out thee4lmighty untoperfeo`lion? This latter claufe gives light to the former.; For fomemay ob- je. : Cannot we finde out God by fearching ? great difficulties whet and quicken induflry, but a total impojbility not only dulls, but cleads it: If we cannot finde out God why then doe we fearch ? Yes, you muff fearch, and you may finde, but you cannot finde him out untoperfegion by allyour fearchings. itj= The word, Pofec`lion, in the Original, ífgnifiestheheight, quamGraci ftrengrh, or utmoff accomplifhment-of a thing. A Iearned Au- . thour tranflates it the parts about the heart or the clofef% lodges derc jolent, fig- oftheheart ; which by a metaphor lignifies our inward- thoughts nifi'cat f ncm and moll retired imaginations. As if he had laid, Canfl thou finde vet "0 ".1211- out the inmofl recejs orfecrets of (Jods heart ? Haft thou feen what t}onem rot,, tuxsa Apoüi- is laidup in the inner chambers of his Spirit ? Theheart of man is 9?ariam accipi- deep,only God can fearch it; but Ohow deep is the heart ofGod? tar propracor- no man can fearch du t lIdei I finde a like interpretation givenof the former claufe, in an= dfque ,cce/ru finer to this : Canfl thou by fearching finde out god? rendring it pemetrare homi- thus ; Canli thou finde out the laß thing ofgod? Theword (Ha- eti fit impofi- bar) which we translate fearching, dignifies the chief and lag of Me a thing. And fo that text of Solomon is expounded by the fame IPi1 Author (Prov. 25. 27.) it is not good to eat much homey, fo for fì&nificat t1ti- men tofearch their ownglory, is not glory ; fo we render : he thus; } 7rt jf ¿COet dt is notgood tocat much honey, but the laß ofglory! is glory ; The fence of which reading is to this etfeCt. The buff of temporal and outward things (honey it reify if you eat much of them, will not be Iweer, you may eat honey till honey be loathfome to you but glory, or heavenly things (he takes glory for the hap- pinelfe which man shall have with God in heaven not for the fame or refpe& which man hath with man on earth which is the fenfe ofour tranílation) glory (I fay) or the flareof heave.n is, fug>:

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