e Chap, 9. 4n Expoftion ,u.pon the book ofJO B. Verf. 8. hiding ? His own anfwer tells us, k was from a mixture of fear and fhame ; Andhe faid, I heard thyy voyce in tbeGarden, andwas afraid, becaufe Iwas naked, &c. Secondly, There is a hiding which proceeds from pure or meet fear. Thus the Prophet defcribes wicked idolaters terrified with the dreadfulnefle ofGods Judgments againft them, betaking themfelves to any hole for fhelter (Ifa. 2. 19.) They (hall goo into the boles ofthe Rocks, and into the Cavesofthe earth, for thefear of the Lord,and for thegloryofhinc'llajefly, when bearifeth tofhake terribly theearth ; That is, to makegreat commotions and chan- ges in the affairs of Nations, which like an earth -quake (hall ve- hemently (hake, if not utterly overthrowall. In fuch a day the floutefl (inners {hall fear and hide themfelves. Thus Micbaiab told Zedekiah the bold-faced falfe Prophet (r Kings 22. 2 5. ) Behold, thoufhaltfee in that day, when thou ¡haltgo onto an anner . chamber to hide thy Pelf.. Thirdly,, There is alto a hiding of our felves for Joy, mixt withmodefly. So 'tis faid in the GSofpel concerning Zacbariau his wife Elizabeth (Luke 1..24.) After .thofedayet 1)&7 wife Eliza.. betb conceived, the hid her felffive Months, faying, thaw bath the Lorddealt with me in thofe layeswherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. Elizabeth hut received fo great a mercy, as it was the taking away of her reproach, and there- turn of her prayer,, that (he was evenover-joyed at her own con- ception,yet the will a whilemodefily cover this joy,and hide both her (elf andher blefling for a:time,that the and it might appear to- gether in more affurance to the eye of the world. Tis.wifdotne tomakeno great Phew, much lefs boaff of things, till we areSure of them. Elizabethhid her felf (: five months) till thewas quick with childe,.and then thecould confidently avouch it to all her friends. Here, the young men hid themfelves : eyther Firff, As being ffruck with,fuch: a reverence of Jobs:perfon, that they durfi not appeare openly before him or, Secondly, Theyhid themfelves,: fearing left :(he beinga than of muchAuthority andefieeme) they fhould fayle in their be- haviour before him. Thirdly, it might be from a fear that they had, donefotne- what milli, thathe had heard of their youthfull vanities, and would
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=