............ Chap. 28. an Expefition upon the Bookof Jos. Verf. 2t. 2t8 JOB 28. Verf.2o, 2I 22, 23, 24. Whence then cometh wifdons,and where is the place of underfianding 2 seeing it is hidfrom the eyes ofall living, and kept clofe from the fowls of the. air. Deftrutisor and deathfay We have heard thefame thereof with our ears. Godunderfiandeth the war thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, andfeetb un- der the whole Heaven. H8re is a repetition, yet no tautology ; a repetition, yet no vainrepetition (which Chriti forbids inprayer, Math. E. 7..,but an excellency of Ipeecb. When in Scripture the fame things are oftenfaid, ,bey arefuck as cannot bePaid too often. The Apo- file tells the Philippians (Chap. 3. s.) Towrite the fame things to you, to me indeed u not grievous, but foryou it isfafe. And this he did not for any fcarcity of words or, matter, with which him- felf was preffedabut that the matter might take deeper irnpcefli- on uponothers. Verf. 20. whence then comethwifdom.? And where ù theplace of underffanding ? yob havingonce before patted an enquiry all the world over, for the place of wifdom, and not finding ir, reneweth his enquiry the fecond time in this place, and at lafi findeth it. We have the queflion laiddown at this lothverfe ; Whence then cometh wif- dom? and where is theplace ofunderflanding ?This quefiion is re- folved two wayes. Fit i+, Negatively (v. 2 r, 22.) Seeing it is bid from ti-e eyes ofal living,&c.Secondly,Affirmitively(v. 23.) god underfiandeth the way tbereof,andhe knoioeth the place thereof. The reafon of which affirmation is given (v. 24.) For he looketh to the ends ofthe earth , andteethunder the whole Heaven.The ex- plication and illufirarionof it follows(v. 25 ,26,27.) Tomake the weightfor the wind, Sec. Then didhe fee it and declared it, hepre- P p pared
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