478 Chap. 24. ,fin expojction upon the Book of J o B. Vería. nor, will ac laft be numbeed among the ignorant,or among thole that know not God : But their condition wil I be worfe,and their punifhmenc grsattr then theirs who never knew God accord. ing to the teachings of his wçd. Their efface will be bad enough, who perifh for want ofthe itifowlidge of God, then, what will . theirend be,who perifh in the neglect or abufe of plentiful know- ledge ! From the fecond notionofthe words, they that knowhire, as they intimate a fort of Godly men, who have !serer acquain- tance with, and freer acceffe toGod then others. Obferve. That as allgodly men know God, which the wickeddoe not,fofotne godly menhave judo a knowledge ofrod as many whoaregodly have not. Though the knowledge ofall godly men be of the fame nature and kinde, yes not ofthe fame degree and height. We read of fome who in old time were called Seers (o Sam. 9.9 ) as ifthey onely had been endued with fight, and all others were blinde in the thingsofGod. They were the only leers, yea they werefore. feers,becaufeGoddid often reveale himfeffe,and declare to them what he was about to do indreames and vifions. Now as in thole times there were fotne mencalledfeers,fo in there times Tome ray be calledknotvers,as ifnone knew any thing ofGod comparative- ly to them, or as if other godly men were ignorant and under- flood nothing ofhim.WhenGod(a Sam.3 )appeared to Sansuel in a vifion,and revealed the doomdefies houle to him; theText fayth, at the 7th verle, N,w Senn:rel didnatyet knew the Lord ; surely Samuel did know the Lord as other godlydid in thole times, though he were buryouug ; yea it is feid, The Childe Sa- muel miniffredbefore the Lord and did nor he know the Lord ? no doubt he did. The meaning therefore is, Samueldid not yet know the Lord by any fpeciall intimacy with him, or pirtieular revelation from hire, as afterward hedid; hebecame a knower of Cod at lafi,though then he did not knowCyod,in this peculiar fence. But Godhaving revealed to him the ferret what he would doe to Elie: houfe, then he knew God, he knew him as a favourite, that is trufted with ferrets. So David fpeakes (P/al. 25. 14. ) The ferret oftheLord iswith them thatfear him. There is a ferret the
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