Chap. 22. An .Expcfrio» tFpsr. the Bnókf JOB. Vert' 22. zz3 thát's notthe purpofe ofEliphetz Neither are we([ conceive) to underftánd him of fuch a Receiviefg from the mouthof God, as the old Prophets had who received the minde ofGod by Immediate. Infpiration, & dictates fromGod him felf: for though they were not called up folemnly intoa Mount (as Mefes) to receive the Law, yetthe Spirit was lent to make.knowne the minde of God to them. And in that fence theProphet yeremiah is faid to warne King Zedekiah from the mouth of the Lord (2 Chron. 36. t2.)' eiând he did that which wagevill ie thefight of the Lordhis god, andhumbled not l i oofelfe before ?ererniah the Prophet fpeakiwg from theinouthof the Lord ; that is, he received a word from God by anExtraordinary Revelation to carry unto the King, who yet humbled not himffelfe. And fo ( Flay 30.2. ) the Lord_ complaines of his people that walked to goe down to ee'Egppt to ftrengthen themfelves pith thefi`rength of Fharoah, &c,andyet bad not asked at hie month,that is,had not asked d+.reion in the thing according to the wayesofRevelation then in ufe,by enquiring of the Prophets,or \of thehigh Priell;And the Lord tels theProphet. 7eretuy (Ch.xS. i9 )that hefhoaldbe ere hie In 44:12 ifhe would take PrephetaAnt forth thepreciousfrom the vile, as if he had Paid, ifthou art faith- 9uaft or ctét e,, full in my work, I will reveale my felfe to thee,& thou (halt fpeak riaeurciiPT even as Lmy felfe (poke, thou fhait be as my mouth. Now,. I conceive, 'Eliphaz loth not goe thus high when he bids fob Re- ceive theLawfrom the mouth ofGod, as if he were co expecfi;Im- mediate direcion.and advice from him. For then, we may be faid to receive a rule ora law from the mouth of Gott, when we re- ceive that which God hash manifefled at any time as a rule and law for us with the reft ofhis people towalke by : they who re- ceive that law once delivered from the mouth of God, may be Paid to receive the law from hismouth, though they are not the. Immediate receivers of it, yea, though it were publifhed foine thoufands ofyeares before they were borne. Some from there words, collet that the books of Moles were - written before this time, and that Elipbazdid referre lob to thofe, biddinghim re, ceive that law which the mouth ofGod had fpoken toMofes,but< thoughwhether the lawwerethenformally fpokenor no is a dice pute,yetit is without al difpute,that the mouthofGod had then given flawor ruleof life to.- his people; and fo Eliphaz might fafely:and.truly fay,Receive,l pray thee, the law from hie mouth,, there
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