3 20 Chap. 28. ,n Expffition upon the Book ofJ o B. Verf. 2 S, mouth : for the Lard is aGod of knowledge, and by him atbiens are weighed. God bath a weight and a ballance for all the workes of man ; and he weigheth them to a grain ; yea he weigheth tuv cgtatimea that place,uwith fa change al foof the verb. To him Thoughtsare Vulg. prepared,chat is, he fees what they are, before they are, to him they are preparedbefore they are prepared by us. But rather as we render; by him anions (the iffue of thoughts) are weighed; that is, he fees what they are, and what they areworth, whether theybe vain light and fooli(h thoughts, or holy ferious and re- verential thoughts. He weigheth them, and as their weight is be accordingly rewards them. TheLord brings in the Pews charg- ingbim as if he had not weighed his own actions ; fo he be- fpeakes the - Prophet (Ex;ek. 33. i7.) The children ofthy people fay the way ofthe Lord ;snot equal: but as for them their way is not equal: Thus heretorts it upon them. The word is the fame ufed here byy job; re fay the wayof the Lord is not nsighe l; Asif the Lord had a6ted at random or at aventure asmen oftendoe. Thewayesof thofe who doe fo are unweighed wayes, they are tot equal (as we tranflate the metaphor elegantly and clearly to the fcope of the text) thatis, they are not juf} or right. And though he !hat doth not weigh his actions, may poflìblydoe that which is right, yet he doth not choofe that which is right. There is no eleElion without confederation. But to the point in hand , we fee both incommon and Scripture language, that to weigh a thing is to take anexa& account of'it, whether we fpeakof weighing in a proper or in a tropical acceptation. As therefore when in other places the Lord is faid toweigh A6tions, whether his own or the anions of others, it enformi us, that he bath a very diftin6t and perfeaknowledge of them ; fo here, when he is laid toweigh the waters, themeaning is that he keepeth that fluid andboyfferous element to as firi6t termes of order,and to as due a decorumwith his own will and command as if he weigl ed it out-by the ounce, or dropby drop. Hewe;ghetb the waters, What waters.? We may cxrend this wok ofprovidence to all forts of waters. (Motes made a diflribution of waters into chore below ápd above ( Gem, 7.) And Godmade thefirmament, and divided
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