384 Chap. to. An Expofition upon the Bock of J O B. Verf 27. the Lord appeared inaflame offire in the middefi of the bufh.l will now turne afide ( faid Mofes ) andfee this great fight. He faw it beforefor it is faid,the Angel of the Lord appeared to him But that did not fati$fie ; I( faith he ) will turne 'Videandfee it ; Heufeth theword of the Text ; that is, I will turne afide to view it yet more exa&ly, to confider it more fully. I will fee it with dili- gence and intendment, as well as I have feene it with wonder and aftonifhment. I will get neare to obferve this miraculous flame , that the bulb (hould burue and not confume. So, the word is ufed ( Ecclef. a. 16. ) /communedwith mine own heart, laying, loe Iam come to a great eflate, and have gotten more rrife- dome then all that were before me in 7erufalem. Yea, my heart had great experience ofwifedome, andknowledge. The Hebrew is, my heart hadMien much of wifedome andknowledge, that is, I hadnot onely taken a light view, and conlideration of thofe things that concerne wifedorrie, and knowledge, but my heart was fudging , and beatingupon them, I experimented them from time to time, till I was greatly feen in wifedome, and know -. ledge. So here , mine eye (hall not onely take a glance or a fight in paffage, but I (hall feede and fatiate mire eye with a fix- ed obfervation. But Saints inglory thall come nearer and nea- rer to God,they (hall as Mofes faith, turne afide,to fee this great thing the glory ofGod, who is aneverlafling burning. Saints in glory (hall ever contemplate the ravifhing excellencies of God, Pelf prímum and have a very intimate fight, and apprehenfion of him ; itlarn &ivan- they (hall fee, and behold him : they fhall have as cleare a know- diifimts jdi re- led -e of and as free a communion with God as the (late delium, aft de- s con helium, ofacreature can beare. This the Apoflle diflinguifheth from inde re attenti our prefent fight and know ledge of God, which is throughaglaf fe ,,obfe'.van"5 and darkly, whereas he calleth this a fight, face toface, anda di!igentiás pro' knowing even as alfo we are knowne. Mine eyesJhall behold, fpeifurum, in tenturangynu And not another. lir{g ammo i9 aantamgkr ant. The word which we render, another,fignifieth firft one differ- Pined. ing in heart, condition, and affection as was touched before ; Ir lignifies allo any one differing onely in name and number : Another perfon, another man, how much (Dever he be a friend, or affected to us. This fence ofthe word our translators feeme to intend ; And then the meaning plainly is this ; Mine eye Ad behold
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