Chap. s 5. An ExpofitioM upon the Book of J OB. Verf r fpeaks of it, as ofa known place for knowledge and wifdom What ? Is trifdorn no mare in Teman ? As if we in England fhould fay,Is there no more Learningat Oxford or Cambridge? are the lights extinguifht, and the fountains dry ? Thus Eli- Ithaz afferts that his abettors and infiru&ers in the opinion he maintained, were both old, and learned old men. From this conteti about Antiquity andancient men lo of- ten renewed, and fo much urged between Job and his friends, we may obferve gird, That theywho have molt yearsupon their backs, are, or may be fuppofed to havemoft knowledge and reifdom in their heads and hearts. Secondly, They who have Antiquity on their fide, are apt to conclude that they have truth on their fide. That which is indeed mot}ancient ismoll true ; yet there are very many very anci ent untruths It is nonew thing to fee a gray - :headed error, and a falfe DoEtrine much older than our Fathers. But I [hall not profecute either of thefepoints, having met wi.h matter of this ferain before, Chap 8 v. 8,9,1o. Chap. z. y. 12. CO which places I refer the Reader. Eliphaz having fintfhed his third reproof of fob for hisar- rogancy, and the high conceit he had of himtelf, proceeds to a fourth, and that is as bath been laid) for the low conceit 2\7, pmum a whichhe had of the comforts tendered him in the name of tecetfolationes God, ße1' deb. Veil. z r Are the confolations of God' fmall with thee or Supplendtter . ejl verbum,re- there any fecret thing with thee ? tatantur.. Thefe words undergo much variety of interpretation ; the de íelgratn Vulgar Latin, near which fome others trantlate,'-gives a fair eft to conjo_ Jew te Deus? fenfe, but at too great a diftance.from the letter of the Ori.. Vulg. ginal ; thus,Is it a great thing that Godfhouldcomfort thee? As if q d, tithe e(i he had Paid, Art tboufo long, that all the cohfolations of God are. I)eo ut to ad not able to raife thee up? Is it a worktoo big for Godhimfelf to riatue rüatix red comfort thee ?Cannot he change thy outward and inn;ardfarrows Aquia, intojoys? Will not the confolations of one that is infinite a imafne ferve thy turn ? Hach not he balm enough in floe to heal eui'.erumni, thy wounds, nor treafure enough in flock to repair thy no lou es ? n upof)elum'Ti hard thing with God to comfort the molt difconfo- paren con,ola- g ,itnetnofficer. late foul that ever was, he that made light to thine out of darltn,fs,
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