Chap. 28. an Expefition upon the Boom, of a. Verf. of his worfhip, and the concernments of his people .? And hath he not made a decree which cannot be broken for the good of his inheritance ? How fhould all this quiet our hearts and ref+: our fpirirs in the infinite wifdom of God, whatfoever we fee him doing in this world or in the Churches ; for teeing, he orders the courfe of theworld in its natural capacity by weight and meafure, furely he will order the courfe of the world in its civil capacity,much more thecourfe of the Church in its fpirit ual capacity, by weight and meafure,that is in highefi prudence andby an unerringprovidence the Lord will not fail a grain as to weight, not a haires breadth as to meafure,in all the changes and turnings here below. Be aílùred the Lord isweighing,and the Lord is meafuringat this day among us, fay then, It is the Lord, let him doe whatfoever is good in his owneyes, and that's alwayes the befi for all thofe thatcan fpiri- tuall fay fo. Yob having fhewed howGod manifefiedhis wifdom in the dif- pofe of theft naturals; draws up all in the 27th verfe. Thendid be fee it, &c. Whatidid he fee ? he law that wifdomwhich lay out of the fight of all creatures, ibich the Valtares eye never fate, and which was bidfrom tbe eyes of all living,and kept clofe from the fowls of the ayr. Verf. 27. Then did be fee its and declare it, and prepared it, yea, andfearched it oat. So then this 27th verfe clofeth the former point, uponwhich Yob had long infified ; for having made an inquiry after wifdom all the creationover, and not finding ir, he told uswhere wif- dom is to behad (v.23.) God underflandeth the way thereof, and knowetb the place thereof ; he gave alío a reafon or demoníiration, that Cjod knowetb theplace thereof(v. 24.)For he looketh to the ends of the earth, andfeetb under thewholeheavens, to make the weight for the winds, and he weigbeth the waters by meafare ; when he made a decreefor the rain, and a way for the lightning of the than - der. Then did he fee it, X X. This 337
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