3 26 Chap. 23. !s°n expofftion upon the BookofJ O B. Vert. 3. Godwith knowledge and underftanding. Waite at thefeShep. herds tents (faith Chrift) and there thou {halt ande a pretence of God with thee, and his bleffing upon thee. Third y, And above all, Seeke God in Chrift; The father is onely to be found in the Sonne ; Look toJefus Chrift, and inhim you cannot but beholdGod ; for he is the 6rightneffe ofhieglory, and theexpreffe image ofhú perfon (Heb. 1. 3 ) ar.d therefore as he that bath theSon bath the Father allo, fo he that (by an eye offaith, and in the light of theWord and Spirit) Beholdeth the :Son beholdeth the father alto. For the light of the knowledge of theglory ofGod is given au in thefreeof fefau Cbrifl (2 Cor.4a6.) The light ofthe knowledgeof thegoodneffe ofGod, of his mer- cy, juftice, holines(which are,his glory)fhineth forth from Jefus Chrift ; that is, in andby Chrift it appeares glorioufly, that God is exceeding good, merciful], juif, 43c holy. Therefore to every wearied foul complaining of the Joffe ofGod, and cryingout, 0 that I knew where Imight finde bins ! Thefumme ofall the Coun- fell that Ican give, or indeed that can be given is this ; SeekGod inChrift, and he will be found. O that Iknew where I might find That Imight come even to bisfeote. Someconceive thefe words as the iffue ofa diftempered fpirit others tax `lob with too much boldnefs,that he being but duff and aches fhould thus preffeupon God, and that he was afterwards reproved for it in the 38th Chapter ofthis Booke, verle the firft and fecond ; Then the Lord anfwered 7,b out of the whirle- winde andfaid (tbere hefound him) who is tbid that darkeneth Couneell by words without knowledge, gird up now thy loynes like a man,for Iwill demandofthee, andantwer thou me. And againe, in the 40th Chapter, ver. 2, 3, 4, 5. Shall be that Conter:detb with the Allmighty inf#ruft him, he that repróvethGod let himan- firerit. Then yob anfwered the Lord andfaid ; Behold I am vile, I will lay my handupon my mouth. Once have Ifp.,ken, but I will not anfwer, yea twice, but I will proceednofurther, As if he had acknowledged his error andoverboldnefïein prefíìnguponGod; as in other places, foalto in this 0 that Imight came even to hie /ewe. Yet I conceive that lob in this pafiage, doth but put forth the nobler and higher attingsof his faith, and' that he fpeaks this, tot
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