304 Chap. 28. an Expaftion upon the Book, of J O B. Verf. 24 Again, When he faith, Clod under.' the way thereof, we are to rake it exclulively, God alone undertiandeth it ; For jobs purpofe is not to teach or inflruet his friends how to find out this myflery ; but blames them for taking upon them the know- ledge of char, whichGod bath kept to himfelf, the fecrets of his providence, whether towards himfelf or any other. This wifdom fills all things,yet is not comprehended of any, It is with God, it is°in God,It is God;And thereforenone but God can fo much as p_etcnd any thing to it. Once more, When 7o6 faith, Fie, that is,God under(fandeth the may thereof, we muff take it of x pet-feet and exalt underflanding; others may have fome guefres and glimmering light about ir, but: he only underflands it perfectly. And whereas it followeeh He knowetb the place thereof. We are not to conceive,that there is any place properly taken; Dew ef} origo where wifdom is laid up. But the meaning is, He knoweth the fatientiee1g lc- place of it', that is in himfelf, yea that it is himfelf, God knowing tiæ tquiapf® f °1fis bu 1¿nozvledge of jib place ofwifdom, or, He knoweth that feipfumperfe. the placeof this wifdorn it no where elfe 6ut in .himfelf, and nothing flenovit, fui. elfe but bimfelf. The wilder"; of God, is thewife God ; the under- dit,&ipfa no- flandingof god,is theunderfi'andingGod. The reafon and wifdom vit locum ¡iii- by which the whole world is governed, is the wifdom of God, n. feipfum Aqui or rather God himfelf is that reafon and wifdom. God is theex- Difingue inter emplar, he is the fountain of wifdom r our wifdom is buta ray, fapientiam qua: but a beam, buta (park, but a drop. There will be further occa- efiexemplaret Pion to Speak of this divine wifdom at the 27th verfe , where qud,efl ú bra "fob fpeaks chus of God in reference to wifdom ; Then lid be fee or raedium.Illa it, and declare it, be prepared it, yea and fearched it out. eli aped ileum Here in the next verfe,fcb fubjoyrs the fief+ part of the demon= er dew. Herr flrition or reafon, why God knoweth the way thereof. efi a deo in no- bá radius illi- Verf. 24. For he looketh to the.endsofthe earth,and feeth under falientix the wholeHeaven. Coc. As if he had Paid God mull needs undertiand the way of wif- Explicatiofa- dom , Far be looketh to theends of the ea th ; Nor as if God did pientiædeiab look out of himfelf to behold this wifdome ; For himfelf is eve- infi útate cites rywhere, even to the ends of the earth. And ío the a; utnenr is JunMalaya taken from the infinie catenation of the vsiIdom cf God ; FIe pertly
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