222 a;nyóQicW, Chap. 22. An exptfition open the Bock_of J O B. Vérf. 22. and their wine encreafed : As ifhe had laid, Worldly men rejoyce in corne andwine ; but I rejoyce more in the light ofthy counts- , >nance. The light ofthe favour of God,and the light of theknow- ledge ofGod, are thechiefe matters ofa beleevers joy. And this light ofholy joy comes in dually with and by the raineofthat doetrin,which falls upon us from the mouth ofGod in the teach- ings ofhis divine L_aw. Receive the Lawfrom bidmouth. But you will fay, What is this Law which comes downe like rains fromheaven ? and which we are to receive from the mouth of God. I anfwer; The Law may be takentwowayes. Firft, Strictly for the ten Commandements, or the five Bookes ofMofes, which are called the Law. Secondly,More largely, and fo the whole word ofGod is the Law. Chritt himfelfe calls the Bootee ofP/alines the Law two or three timesin the newTeftament (roh. i o. 34.) a ud an,(wered them, isit not written inyour Law, I havePaid ye areGods ? where was that written? in the 82d Pfal. v. 6. MA fo againe, (rob. 15. 25.) But this cometh topage, that the word might befulfilled that lie written in their Law, they batedme without a carafe. What Law doth he mean ? thofe wordswe finde (Pfal. 35, i9.) Take one text further ? (t Cora 14 21.) In the Law it is written,Withmen ofother tongues, and other lips will I.fj eak,unto tbid people.Where is that written ? (Efay 28. r t, ) So that the Law in a large fenfe, is taken for the whole body ofthe word ofGod,or for the gene- rall Revelation ofthemyfterie ofhis will,in which fenfewe may fay the Gofpel is the Law : And the Gofpel is expreffely called the Law (orrule) offaith (Rorn.3 27.)So that by Law here we may underftand whatfoever the Lord bath givenus, either as a ruleoflife, ör as arule of faith. TheSeaventy tranflate Eliphaz (peaking in that laritude,Reeeive whatfoeverGod delivers,declares, orputsforth. Receive, Ipray thee, the Law from bidmouth. Fromwhofe mouth ? from themouth ofGod ; how can that be ? Indeed .Mofes went up into the Mount, and was withGod fourtydayes, and therereceived the Law from his mouth ; but could yobReceive the Law from his mouth as Mofes did ? I an (wer IfGod hadcalled hire to ir, as he did No/6 he might. But . that's
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