3 36 Chap. 28. an Expofition upont he Bookof J O B. Verf. 26° and that he meanesnet todeaf or doe things ra(hly or by griefs. That which a man weighs and meafures, that which he Both by a decree and not upon a guff of paffion , bow pun&ually is it done ? When the Lord (hewed E. ekiel ìn vifion (Chap.14. r o, 1 a.) That the children of lfraclfhould eat their meat by weight, and drink their water by meafure , it notes the ftri&nefs of their diet, not as from temperance (fo 'cis good alwayes to eat and drink as it wereby weight and meafure) but as from fa- mine,; not from fobricty as to the nfe, but from fcarcìty as to the enjoyment of thole outward comforts(and(o'cis a punifhment to eat by weight and drink by meafure.) Which, Ifay,implies fuch firi&nefs in diet, that they might not exceed (in the leafl, not in an ounce, not in a fpoonful) their appointed proportion of meat and .drink ; they mu(I in the one keep to the allotted weight, and in the other to the allotted meafure. So then, asto doe a thing inprint, fo to do it by weight or meafure, may be a pro- verbial fpeech for doing it skilfully and cxa&ly. As he that walks by rule«altes fafely , fo he that workes by rule , workes unerringly ; Now if men are exa& in thole things which they weigh, meafure, and decree, how cxa& are the workes of God whenhe is Paid to doe them by weight, meafure, and decree ? yet thefeare nor attributed to God as if he flood weighing and mcafuring ; No, he bath the compafs and profpe& of all things alwayesbefore or rather in himfeif. He huh noneed of delibera- tion, nor doth he ever deliberate about any work. Bur aasof deliberation attributed toGod Phew an exa6inefs beyond all ima- ginabledeliberation in all his works. And if the Lord be thus put&ual and exa& in difpenfing windes and waters, thunder and lightning, muchmore is he fo in ordering the Nations and Governments, the (laces and affaires of the world, If be weigh the winder and meafure the waters, will he rot weigh the works and meafure the «ayes of the fons of men ! D;d not heweigh Belfhaz,z.ar in the ballance and foundhim wanting ? ( Dan. 5. 27.) Dial rot the Lord (land andmeafure the earth ? (Hab. 3.6.) Did éenot meafure theholy City,and all that appertained to it ? (Fzek. 40. 2, 3, 4, 5.Chap. 42.16.) Did be not meafure the Temple and the Altar,and them that worth p there- in, but left the outwardCourt unmeafared ? (Rev. It. I, 2. ) And was totall this to (hew his utmofl exarçìnefs about the matters of
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