45o Chap. 20. An, Expojition upon the Book, of J o B. Verf a, the earth : the fame word was the proper name of the firft ma; =L7 r; tus and is the commonname of all . men. Thus it bath been ever ar.e é' rmdu- fince edamwas formed and f fhioned out of the earth by di- ,,,, fabrims vine art, andmade up into that goodly fabricke, and then difpo i- ,,,, loco fed by a divine order to dreffe theGarden. The.originall. word to loco ríom. tali?. lignifies to fettle or place a man in his butnes, or calling, as, A- de m was prefently after his creation(gen.z,i y.`) And the Lord tooke the man( or Adam) and put him into the garden of Eden to dede it and to keepe it. Knowefi thou not this, or that it hash beers skull of oldfence man was( thus)placed upon the earth, Hence obferve; Firit, That we fhould acquaint our felves witbthe hitorj of Gods dealing in all ages. D, f thou not know?. He (peak', it as a, reproach to him, that he was not acquainted with what God had done in former times there are fome extraordinary cafes, that fall not out in every age : The providence of God bath force excentricall motions but we may drawa line and fee the footsteps of many of his . dlifpenfations in all ages. Many workes of divine providence are uniforme, and run paralel in all times. Or iftheir face and benot one and the fame, yet it is not,. divers or contrary. Now, as it is a fhame not to know common princi- ples, fo not to know common experiences.. That which any man may know, every man ought to know,if it be that _. which i nfifull, and a duty for us to know. Secondly, From the particulár here intended, Obferve ;, That in allages g6dbath declared á inofelfe againfi wicked amen Godnever fhewd himfelfe a friend to fanners, or a love: of iniquitie : hedeclared himfelfe againft mod.%raz. when he finn'd, though he receiverh him into favour againe. He declared him- felfe againft wicked Cain, he excommunicated him, and caft him out ; he declaredhimfelfe againft the old world by water. When theyweregrowne fo vile that all the imaginations of the thoughts of their heartswere evill, he feet a deluge, not to wath, but drowne them. Hedeclared himfelfe againft the wic- kedtaeffe ofSodom and Gotaorrab by fate, not to puriia but con- fume Z..
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