Chap. 22. An Expafsion upon theBook of JUB. Yeti' 2/, ivy thofe finnes ofwhich he fuppofed himguilty, and to returne to God. Aegeaint now thyfelfe with God. The Original! wordwhich we render to acquaint, hath force variety of fignifications : As firft to be familiar with another. And fo it is ufed by David (Pfal. 139. 3.) to Thew the Intimacie 'which God bath with all our wayes, works, and thoughts, Cs Lord(faithDavid) thou hag/earthed me and known me, &c. thou art acquainted with all my wayes ; As ifhe had Paid Lord, thu knowetrrry ways infinitely more cliarelyand' diftiniily, then any ofmy neereft acquaintance, who conver /o with me every day. It is ufed zdlY toexpreffe the cuftornary doingofa thing(Numb. 32, 30,) Salaams Affe fpake thus by a miracle, Was Iever wont to doe thus unto thee?Rath it been my cuttom,or have t familiarly ferved thee thus, laid the Affe,when he thruft Bahian) againft the wall. Thirdly, To profit ; one of the Rabbins tranflates the Text thus ; 'Profit withGod, as who fhould fay, thou haft been an un- cotnmodut, ap: profitable fervant to God all this while, be thou now profitable tics firíte unto him, ferve him and his Providences, advance his name and cYc`fi,`e glory; or thus rather, Thou haft but played the truant hitherto, xloL be thounow agood proficient in the SchooleofDivine doctrine and difcipline under the holy precepts and various providences of God. We find it applyed to that fence at the fecondverfeof this Chapter ; Can a man be profitable untoGod, as e that o wife d aay be pr-frtable to himfill. Man cannot be p God, aide any advantageto him by what he doth.but man may be pro, ficable unto himfelfe,or doe himfelfgood in doing the good will of God ; yea God reckons it and rewards man for ir, as ifhe had bin profitable whim, when he as as becomes a faithful fervent to him.So fence expound ithere,be profitable unto Gvd,be'afai,h- full and induRrious ferventunto him: 'having receivedhis talents, doe not lay them up in a napkin, hide them not in the earth'. Thirdly, Matter Broughton reads thus, Reconcile thee now un- tohier. That'sGofpel language, like that of 'Paul ( z Cote 5. 2 ) No then we are AmbafTadorsfor C'hrft, as, though Goddid befeechyou by us, we lerayyen iR Chri/ts Read, be ye neconciled tv q d, So he conceives .Eliphaz.fpeDing here, I prat thee nor re- , a ,
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