Chap.16. An Expoftiorl upon the Bo0 of JQ B. Vcrr icy. to witnefs for him, but he calls him who is it Heaven to wit- nefs-and ,that issGod: There are two branches of this appeal; and theyboth intend Nees bis die* the fame thing, My, witnefs is in Heaven, andmy recordÑ on confcientie fdhigh. The words neitnefs and record, are of the fame fgnificati- ug integrer äran on, though they differ in the letter : The one is properly an caueelta. Ledg vat. Hebrew word, and the other; Syriack: When Jacob and La. in!) ban were in that contefi, Gen.31.47. facob took a Stone, and Synen r um ell fet up a Pillar for a witnefs, And Jacob faid to his Brethren v yHkrom ' in brad, Gather ffones, and they made an heap, and they dideat there upon the heap, and Laban called it Jegar fabadatha, that is, a heap of rsitneffes (as it is in the Margin) but Jacob called it Galeed, or Gilead: facob fpeaking the pure Hebrew, and Laban theSy- Eli forma jura riack language, they take in both the words of fobs appeal, menti,quo der My rri tnef:r is inHeaven, my recordis on high, um i .vast in- neeentiief- ' Job (peaks the fame thingtwice, to Phewhow fìrongly he -tcj om atinue believed that the Lord would be witnefs for him My witnefs corfcidntàs it inHeaven, my record is on high, fpeflatorem. Heaven and high are the fame, as witnefs and recordare. And Cajtt. when he faith, on high, or in the high place ; he uleth not the lneece]jir,ma- word Bamoth by which thofehigh places are expreffed,where- timin alri- in the falle gods were worfhipped, or the true God falfely : mir, quia Job puts that word into his appeal, which belongs properly to e rq,fdVbrh,4 God, and lignifies in Scripture, the place ofhis glorious reli- ï1tr in qu : deuce; Jobs record wasnot only on high, but (Bennerumim, bur fe ilca- the Hebrew is Plural) in the heights ; Some tranflate it in the bant idols. Superlative, not (in excelfis) on high, but (in altifmis) in the ûlru, highefis : As if he had raid, My witnefs is above all witneffes, propriede Dec and therefore he is a witnefs aboveall exception. And job ufrpatur9° did well, for his purpofe, to fay his record was on high ; not de co'l , de onely becaufe of the dignity of that which is high , but for lac nufirgu-é the advantage which he hath , who is on high, or in the r slo inutroque higheft to be a witnefs, God is Paid tobe a witnefs in Hea- Druf. Dicitur ven, o r on high, to thew how eafily he can obferve and take Deus teffàr in notice of thofe things which are below : God hath eyes in- excelftspropter y locum apt7- finitely pure and piercing , he beholds all things, and he be- mum ai con - holds them from on high as from a watch tower, which ren- templandum ders the ohjed more obvious to the eye : The fight is loon ranquam in intercepted upon a level : But, The Lord (faithDavid, Pfal,lo 4l°mgápdecu: 4..2,) looked downfromHeaven upon the children of men, tofee agitur. Pined.
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