Chap. r5. _ An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. VerGt8. 79 declare untoyou , holy knowledgmutt be communicated, fuch light mull not be put under a bufhel , nor mufi fuch a Talent be wrapt up,in a Napkin : He that is taught fhould teach. When thouart converted ( faith Chrift to Peter..) ftrengthen- thy Bre- thren: Let others partake ofthy experiences. Come( faith Da- vid) and I will tellyou what Godbath donefor my Soul Philip (Jehn.1.43. }being found by. Chrift, finds Nathaneel,and faith unto him, We havefoundhim of whore Moles , and the Prophets _ didwrite, jefus.ofNazareth, theSon ofjofph : He quickly de- clared what he had feen , and fo tliould we. This is the firlI proof,Tbat which I havePeen;ldeclare,experience is rnyground. The fecond proof, is from the confent.ofothers , from the authority of the Antient. Which wife men-havetold from their Fathers , and have not hidit. Elipbaz treads the fame deeps , as in his fir(:t difcourfe with job.Forafter he had there delivered thecontents or fumof his Vihon, he appeals to the judgment of the Saints, Chap. 5.. So here, having told job,that he would declare what he had feen,he refers him alto to the judgment of , That which wife men have told their Fatbent, and have not hid it. I refer you to men, and thole not men of a mean rank ; but to Godly wife men; in which, Eliphaz Teems again to anfwer what fob had objected, that the pointshe had offered wereof common and vulgar obfervation (Chap. 12.3. ) Who knows not fuch things ,as chef ,l Eliphaz replies, thefe things are no common difcourfe, they are fuch as wife men have told from their Fa- thers; as if he had Paid, Do not defpife what I fay , asordi- nary, or as anovel.ty , no , nor as received from corrupt anti m a P fhb.- quity, for betides what I have Peen, I have good authority for bu+fug expo what I fpeak'.: theantieo-t and the wife vote with me : Wife ,,tt, apatribue men have told it from their Fathers, here is the conveyance. carom, Vehie tres states Wife meta : cantiiderentur I-Iexlotb-rrotrrtean worldly wife men , P ilofophers and hac¡ñtéan. Politicians ; but godly wifemen, Yhefe have told it from tium,attera their:Fathevs their Fathers told it them , and they told it ottururti ;:fu thatthispofition claims by two defcents at leafs. One atavorum. O the bbinagivcs;it three, if not more ; for by the Fathers Mere. of
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