Chap. 28. e/fn Expofitian upon the Book, of Jo s. Verf. 24. Purely bath the cornprebenfion of all wifdom, Ile knoweth the place andway of it, that feetb under the whole beaven,and looks to the end of the eartb.But thus the Lord doth,theretorc he undcrfandetb the way thereof,and knoweth the place thereof. And whileYob affereech this glory of God, he vindicates himfelf from that unglorious charge ot Elipbaz(Chap. 22.i4.)Thou fayeft bow doth God know? can be judge through the dark,cloud ? tbtckclouds are a covering to him that befeeth not, and he walketb in the circuit ofheaven. Here yob anfwers for himfelf,I fay,God looketh to the ends oftheearth,and feeth under the whole heaven ; and if this bean article of my faith, then furelyI never made any fuch fimple or finfull doubtsand gweties,How dotb Godknow ? can bejudge through the darkcloud? Nor did I ever make any fuch Atheological conclufion, as this ; Tbickclouds are a covering to him, that he Teeth not ; For I fay,He looketb to the ends of the earth, and therefore he looketh quite over ira and thorough it, into the wages and motionsof every man. Looking, which is an a& of fente, is metaphorically afcribed to the mind,to the underflanding of God ; whole looking is nothing tap Perme - elfe but his underfianding. And the word (ignifieth, not a bare cuts ad Intel- looking, but a looking with confideration and care. The Lord leiumtranf- doth not give aglance(as we fay)flightly looking over the world, femur, fgnifi- but he looks with a careful eye upon each thing, to the ends of the car,curorotcon- earth, as if he had but one thing to look to, or look upon in the fuera' . whole earth. The word is ufed (Ifa.66. 2.) To tbie man will I look (faith God) even tohim that to poore, andof a contriteSpirit, Vic. As if the Lord had raid, Though I am fo high and great, that heaven is my throne and the earth is my footfIoolaet I will have re- gard to and take notice of a poor humble-hearted (inner, I will look to him and tend him (fuch is the emphafis of the word) as a Nurce- keeper looks to,and tends a lick or weak perfon lying pained anddiuiempered uponhis bed. Thus The Lord looketh to the ends of theearth, evfnd feeth under the whole heaven. Hedoth not only fee in heaven, but under the whole heaven, re" and he feeth every thing every where, with an exa&nefs,yea with etians curiofe a kind of curiouity, as the Hebrew word imports. We have that infpicere; fpecial fgnification of it upon record ( Gen. i6. i3.) when Ha- gar being hardly dealt with by Sarah, fled from ber face (v.6.) R r an 305
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