784 Chap. 26. An Expofrtian upon theBeclrof J O B. Verf. t r minde, or which draweth the minde to a deepconfideration of the matter prefenced, add thereupon to wonder and admiration. Ufa. 29 9: ) Stay your felves andwonder, that is, fit down and conftdr:r this thing and wonder barely to wonder is not enough, yor mutt fit down, Elay,and reft your (elves to wonder,you mutt take-your h;l of wonder at this thing. But how can the heavens be afionifhed, which are rot only without underft?nding but without life ? I grant, that to be ::f>.onifhed is proper onely' to rrtionall creatures; yet it is attributed to beans metaphorically, yea ar,d co thing inanimate or without life and fenfe, as here,and 7,r. 2. I2. to the heavens for as rejoycing is attributed to the heavens, and to the earth, to the mountains, and to the valleys, all chefe are laid to rejoyce,to fing;fa alto aftonifhment,fear and trembling are attributed to heaven and earth. And as liveleffe creatures are laid to rejoyce, fing, and praife God when men do it, to likewife they are Paid to tresnble,whenAmen tremble; when God doth fuch things as affeâ men with aftonifhment,then alto ,heaven and earth are fpoken of as affet4ed with aftonifhmenr, inerey Thirdly, What is meant by the reproof of God, whichcaufeth vh, o&jargaver, the pillars of heaven to fhake and be Afl,nifhed. "The word lignifies, retrehendic de chiding, fevereft reprehenfion, and that not a bare re- ric2r(cen g. pore;}ere. proofe, but a reproofe with authority and command, as a father ot. matter reproveth his fon or fervart. Thus, when 7ofepb told hisdream,7hat the Stsn,Aloon, andeleven Stars made cbeyfance to him, ?acob his father rebuked him, and [aidunto him, What is this dreame that tints h.:1? dreamed? (ball 1and thy mother and thy brethren indeedcome tobow downe our (elves to thee to the earth ? And when 7cfhteab the high `Prief fhod before the Angel éflke Lordd. Satan at his right hand to refifl him(Zep.3. 2.)The LofleE [aid to Satan:the Lord rebuke thee ó Setan,even the Lord that bath chof n Hiertt/alem, rebuke thee. This rebuke had a threatning in it; and was fpoken as with anangry countenarce,in which there might be read difpleafure,and indignatioti.The vulgar tranflates, not rebuke, but rod ; The pillars of heaven tremble at thy nod ;* pavent ad ns.- There is a reproofe in a rod,as it was fail anciently, He made O- tani e} a.vulg. lymptu tremble with a nodof his head.A nod of the head may fig,- vela nifie a reproofe as well as a word of the mouth.There is a two- naiucreme fa- fold reproofe firft, verbal! or by words ; fecendly, real or by c'¡ oiympurn. aáion and gcfture. A verbal! reproof may be real, but every real!
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