Chap: 25. vin Expofrion upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 3. 695 ruine, and that, if God fay the word , even that (hall not onely trouble but fubdue any nìan with its little or no strength. Secondly, Note. The porter which Godcandrawforth le a limitleffe power. Mk .Artnyt are without number. When Princes have greaten Armyes they may number them, and tell you how mrny hundreds and how many thoufnds and bow many hundred thoufands they have We have read ofmany very numerous Armyes, but wee never yet readof an innumera- ble army, onely Gods army is without number, and therefore onelykis knowes no bounds. Is there as, number ofhie Arrive"? 4nd upon wbarn doth not hie light aride ? Here Bildad lets forth the glory of the goodnes , omtsifcience De /mine and omni referee of G.od b his fending forth his beams of light, prIVè that, p i' duper er as tsse in the former part of the verfe lets forth the glory of the ÎS rm? e f p atnef e and power ofGod by hisfending forth the Armyes of ; f =t&tèr Je; his ftrength, men 0 vtrtu- tem ab eo acci- Vpm wh,rém desk not bid light 'wife ? piun:.. !mere. The text may be read thus Vtn whomdotb not his light 'and? er, upon whom fha, not his light fland ? Wee fay, upon rib:mdth not hie light ari¡e ? Both tracdl.:tions are good. But what is this light of God ? Firft , Wee may underftand it of that common light,the light of the Sunne,for that is Gods light,and the univerfall arifing of it upon the world is a wonderful) worke ofGod, For as God naadee' the light, and gathered it into that great veffel the Sunne, fo bee carrieth it about the world every day. The light of the Sunne is the meffot ger of Gods care and love toman every morning, (( Math. 5.45.) Hoe maketh bio Sunne to rile on the Evill and on the Good ; that is, upon alt, Good and Evill, divide the whole world between them t and while the text in Mathew faith, that ad ,na <etb bid Sunne to rife, &c. it intimates that the Sunne ri- feth day ly by fpeciall dire&ion fromGod ; TheSonne is his, and the light is his , There is no creature that enjoyes the light ofthe Sunne., but is beholding toGod for it Flee that made therSonne, eaaketh the Sunna to rife ; as if the Sonne like aweary or red
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