208 Chap. o8. n Expof:tion upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. t. and made knownby him alone, according to his own good plea- lure. Thirdly, yob concludesthe Chapter with a difcovery of faving wifdom, which conff}s in the true knowledge and holy fear of God, or in departing from and avoiding all manner of finful e- vil. This wifdom is peculiar to Saints. And as it is peculiar to the Saints only, fo it is common to all theSaints.To fear the Lord, and to depart from evil,is that fpirit and life of holinefswhich runs through the veins of every truebeleiver. Thus far concerning the fcope and method of the Chapter ; I (hall now proceed to particulars Veal.. a. Surely there ie a veinfor the Silver, andaplacefor the Gold, where theyfine it. The Hebrewwordwhich we render furely,is properly a aural particle, and fo fome take it in this text, giving the fenfe of the whole thus;becaufe Silver hatb its veins,and Golda certainknown place, where it may be bad, therefore many enquire after thefe things,and find them : But becaufe the place of wifdom isuncer- tain, therefore few or none fet themfelves to the fearch of it. Yet becaufe the words following do not carry in them a reafonof what is fpokenbefore, but contain a newmatter ; therefore we fraoflate not (byway of inference) for, but (by way of of iirmae lion) Surely there ie aveinfor theSilver.A mine of Silver iscalled a vein, by an elegant Illation to the body of a man, where the blood russ in fevers! veins, as in fo many channels. Thus in the great body of the earth, there are, as it were, certain veins in which the Silver and other precious minerals run as the blood doth in the veins of the body. The Hebrew word properly fignifies a comingforth,and fo Mr.Brorrgbton renders ir,Now there. Metailsdicun is an iffae for Silver. This others conceive to be an allufion to tur quifi ram( plants ' efpecially rovines,which iffue and (hoot forth their branch- ,hcare. Bold. tyy, es and boughs.For as a treegrows from its root, and is divided in- Exirum egret- to feveral branches;fo Silver is generated of furable vapours,as the rum fignifcar; feed of ir, and fo difperfeth it Pelf as it were, into many (prigs CPOC vocabulam and boughs through the fecret pores and pailages of the earth. alet n f etibusri de And hence(as if Silver were to be numbred amongvegetatives or terra. plants) tome learned Naturalifts :ffi:m, that Minerals grow and hoot forth their branchesas a tree, or rather as.a tree fhooteth oat
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