294 Chap. 28. anExpof:tion upon the Book, ofJ o B. Verf. 21; near tohim , as the higher} flighted fowls of the ayr, yet even they would remain (bangers to this fort of wifdom. Thefe two verfes already opened, being of the fame mind (as was toucht before) with the nth and r3tb verfes of this Chap. ter; I shall only give this one Obfervation from them. Codbath purpofely bid force thingsfrom the knowledgeofall men. We rcad(Deut. 34. 5,6.)thatwhen c vlojes dyed the Lordbet.; ryed him in a valley to the land of Moab, overagainfl Beth-peer, but no manknowetb of his fepulcher unto this day ; for though the valley where he was buried be expreffed by undoubted or we! known circumfiances, yet confidering the largenefs of the val- ley where he was burycd , and that the Lord without the help or privity of any man laid him up there, the particular place ofhis fepulcher could not be known. Now, As the Lord hid the body ofMofes, and would not let his burying place be known, leal! (as fomeconceive) the children of Ifrael (among whom hisname was fo renowned, both for his conciat of them out ofEgypt, and for the many miracles which the Lord wrought by his hand ) fhould take an occafion to commit idolatry there, as they did af- terwardswith theBrazen Serpent.So likewrfe the Lord is plcafed tohide and bury the knowledge of force thingsquite out of our fight, leaf{ it fhould prove anoccafion of drawingout forne of our corruptions, or hinder the esercife of force of our graces.It is faid (Math. 13. 44. ) Thekingdomof Heaven it like unto treafure bid in afield, &c. But the knowledge ofthat treafure (which isJe- fus Chrif+ and falvation by bim) is not hid from the eye of all li- ving , nor is it at all hid withI an intention that it fhouldnot be foughtfor or found. But 'cis hid that feekingwe may find it ; for foit followeth in the fame Parable; whichwhen a manbath found bebideth , andfor joy thereofgoeth andfelleth all that he bathand buyetb that fiehi.Godhuh hid the treafures of fpiritual wifdom that they might be found ; but he bath.hid the treafures of his providential wifdom that that fmay not be found. The Prophet faith of God himfeif (Ifa. 45. t 5.) Verily thou art a God that hideff thy ferf, O GodofIfrael, the Saviour. God ( being a Spirit) is invifible in his own nature, He cannot be feen, and therefore in that refpe& needs not hide bi,-tsfelf from the fight of man ; which
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