further then the borders of them; And it is, as if a man coming to difcover thisIfland, fhou!d onl y walk upon the fhoar where he mf-embarkt, and there viewing the cliffes and rockes, the finds and neereft Manfhts, (hould take upon him to report the ftate of the whole Ifland: what hath this man feene>r;othing bur the extremity, the bolder of the Land, and can he mske a corns- pieate difeovery of the whole >he hath not feen the pleafant hils and vales, the towns, and Cities, the forts and Cadies, the trade and riches, the cuftomes and manners of the people- no man can know the chiefthings of a Nation or Country that ftands only upon the fhoare All that we know of the works of God, is only the flioare, and ourfide of them,- we cannot reach the’heart nor fathome the bottameof them. The wotkes of the Lord arc great, ( cP f a /. I I 1. 2.) Sought out o f a l l t h e m t h a t h a v e pleafure t h e r e in ^ that is, they who take pleafure in them do their utmoft, to finde out the utmoft of them;A godly man is as induftrious to underftand the wayes and workes of God as he is to underftand his word, yet he cannot reach either fully ; And therefore that Pfalme hath an excellentcondufion,to fatisfieus inourexclufion ( a* Vet) from the perfed knowledge of tbefe things.^# f e a r o f t h e L o r d i s th e b e g i n n i n g o f w i fd o m e ,a g o o d u n d e r { l a n d i n g h a v e a l l t h e y t h a t d e e h is c o w m a n d e m e n t s - , As if the Lord hadLaid, though Whileye labour to feek outmy works,yet, ye cannot.finde them out to perfe&ion, be not difeouraged, as if ye were fho tned in wifdome, and knowledge; for the feare of my name is wifdome enough for you.and obedience to my coromandements is the beft uhderftanelingi let this fatisfieyou while ye know but a part of my wayes. And if we know but a part, and that thcoutfideof the wayes and works of God, then furely we cannot know all of God himfelfe: as it.followeth in the next words, 4 A n d h o w l i t t l e a p o r tio n i s h e a r d i f h i m ? 8zo Chap, 26. A n Expefition upon theUcsi^e/ JOB. Vfrf. 14. t O ® pars piriitHltimur- ttiur tennis fit* furrut. S u fu rru m v t f - btrumejus. S ym m a ch : u t d m c e p s cu m . The Original notes anything which is lirtle.or a little portion o f a n y thing. Hence feme render it a d n p , which isa little p r the leaft portion of water. So the vulgar and the Seventy, m h a v e b f f f b b e a r d a l i t t l e d r o p o f h is .fp e c c h Others fender it a w h i f p e r , which is but a little portion of a voice. H o w l i t t l e a w h i f p e r h a v e m h e a r d o f h i m i The works o f G o d are as it were a whifper c o n c e rn *
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