Chap. 28. an Expofitian tcpon the Book, of J o B; Verf. t 3. 263 others fhould, feting fob is here (peaking at the greaten latitude that is imaginable, alluringus that the wifdom, which he treats of, is not to be found in any land c hatfoever ; And all lauds are lands of the living, as to the life of nature, and there are fcarce any now, where rune do not live the life of Grace. Thevulgar tiaro1lation renders the Text with another kind of Necinvenitur- Refiriefion; 13'ifdcme' s not to be found in the land ofthole that live in terra fuavi. delicioufiy ; As if the meaning of job were ; It is not to be found ter viventiuri. amongEpicures and Senfuahlis, among the fops and daughters of Vuig, pleafure, whofe greatefi care and Rudy is, tomake provifion for the fle(h, that they may fulfill the lufis thereof. But though there be a general truth in this tranflation, and a ufefulneffe in the fence that arifeth oat of it, though it be eafily granted, that wifdome is not found among the voluptuous, who (as the Apo- file fpeaks of the wanton widow, (t rims, 6. ) Live inpleafure, and are therefore (as he there concludefof fuch a widow) dead while they live, and fo may well be excluded from the land of the 1. ulna; And though we may argue from ir, that if the holier} mend that live, cannot reach the depth of this wifdon, then much lefs can they, who live in radial! pleafures ; though (I fay) this be a true affrrtion, yet as rothe Original Text, it is an unfound and corrupt tranflarion ; and therefore I pa(s ir by. The Chalice Paraphrafi tranflates as wide from the Hebrew, Net invenitu- and much to the fame fence. Neither is it found in the land of interrafuper- oud livers or of thofc who in their lives are proud (inners, borum psccan- R p trùmin vita For as God knows the proudafar off, (Pfal. 138. 8. that is, he fua. Chald,, takes no more relpe&ful notice of them, thenwe do of things or perCons which are afar off, or out of difiance) fo the proud know not God, and the works of God (whether they be works of judgement or works of mercy)are afar offfrom them; that is,they have little or no acquaintance at all with the purpofes of God in them;proud men are even declared enemies to God;no:u if, The fervant (asChili faith,fohn t 5. t 5.) knoweth not what his Lorda dodo ; that is, his Lord loch not communicate to him the fecrets of what he is doing, thenmuch lefs do enemies knowwhat their Lorddoth. And lurely if the wifdome here fpoken of, be to be found any where in the land of theliving, it is to be found among the bumble, The meek, will he guide its judgement, and themeet will's: teach his way (Pf 4 25. g.) And again (y. r ,:) The fe- cret
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