592 Chap. 24. An 2'xpofstaon upon the Book of J o B. Verf.16. any houle they law and liked, they marked it for themfelves. Learner An 10ju1 perfon make: every thing hit own,ifhe tan come by it, if he canbutget it. He faithofanother mans houle, this is mine, I will fill my own houlewith the fpoyle and plunder of this. Thirdly , The thiefe marked houles. In the day time. He digged through them in the night, but he made ufe ofthe day ; he would not breake open a houle in the day, but had fom- what todoe towards the breaking open of a houle in,the day, he marked it in the day. Hence note. ?'hat time whichfalter not onewicked purpofe,mayfuit: another. The chide makes ufe ofall times, he makes .ufe of theday to marke houfes,and of the night to digge them through.He is care- full to take his time; todoe the worke oftheday upon the day, and the worke of the night, in the night. They know not the light. But whydoth yob adde this? fayd he not before, that they marked houles for themfelves in the day ? How thencloth he fay. They knew not the light. Knowing is not meant ofa bare a& ofknowledge, as if they knewnot when it was light, and when it was darks, or as if they knew not the nature oflight, what kinde ofcreature it is. But, not to know, is not to effe& ; They know not the light,that is, they . care nor, they love not the light. Inwhich fence worts ofknow- ledge are oftenufed in Scripture. ( Nab. z, y.) The Lord kraon. eth the joule that trufietb in him. The Lord knows thofe that doe not truft in him, he knowes thofe that are unbelievingas well as thofe that beleeve ina wayof difcerning who they are ; bet' he knowes the fouie thattrufteth in him, in a wayof lovingand ap- Eon nefce lucent proving him ; fo here, They know not the light, that is, they have e#non amare, no . loveto the light, no delight in the light, they care not for the light;
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