36o Chap. 23. An expofition upon,the ookofJ O B. Verf. 8. Bac futjurgit . made, about his admittance to the throneof God , O that Anew ad dechtaraí "t where Imightfinde him, that I might came even to hisfeat (v.3(1) CiCl Pnlneen6ta He was not fo grofre as to.thinke that God was Confined to an tom, ne .tis y prayer earn ex- place, or that he had a Seat on whichhe fate,as the Princes of the iflims1, deem Earth have ; and therefore he affirmes, that God is every where, corporeom efe and no where ; that he is every where indeed,though he couldnot loc o cif umferi finde him appearing to him any where ; as ifhe had laid, I doe bi cum de ja¡w.4 not circumfcribe God in my apprebenfions to this or that place ; tribunal: toque I enquire after himEaji, weft, 2V2rth and South; that is, ail the tesoft. Id' world over, yet Imils ofhim and have not attained my purpofe to this houtte ; for he hath riot yet manifeiledhimfelfe unto me. This feemes to be thegeneral! fcope ofthere three verles, which have two things efpecially Confiderable in them. Firl+, ?ebs folicitous Complaint of the Lords hiding himfelfe. fromhim after all his fearchings. Secondly, The Comfort which Yob tooke in the Integrity of his own heart,and in the clearenefs ofhis Confcience,that if once he came to tryall, all would be well with him. The 8. and g. verles areall of one Importance, which I thatl briefly open, and then give tome notes from them. Verf. 8. Behold! ire fpeakshere as offome ftrange thing,that God who is every where, fhould beno where found by him ; I goe forward, and backward, to the right kand, and to the left, and finde himnot. Behold, Igoeforward. x,`17 aliquan- The word is applyed in Scripture to fignifie both a priority in do r al; time and a priority in place. Some Interpret it here oftime, I quando veto loci principium d7 looke to the times which were before, andnow are paft.In which prioritatem fig- fence the word is ufed (2 Kings i 9. 25. )Haft thou r heard long nificat. agoe?'That is,hafl thou.not heard ofthe rimes which are forward, orwhich have been before. So ( Pro. 8 23. ) Wifdome thus fpeakes, Iwat jet upfrom everlaft:ng.,from the beginning, ereever theearth nat. Só wetranflare it ; the Hebrew is, i war fit up from everl.afiing, from the bead of time, before the earth war.Chrifl was before the head of rime, or the beginning of time we tran- flare ith ereas referring to a place ; Behold, Igoe forward, that is, as force render, I gee .Eafrward, or toward the .Eaff. The world Conti. f
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