540 Chap. 29. ,An Expofìtion upen the Beokof J. o B. Verf. i6. cheat ful in the wayes of God) and the tongue of the dumbPing (that is, they who could not (peak a good word, (hall joyfully utter the praifes of God, who bath done fuch great ,things for them ; the reafon of all which miraculous fpiricual changes is gi- ven in the next words) for in the wtldernefrfhallwaters break out and fireams in the defers. That is, the fpirit flail be powred out abundantly, and thofe waters, ehofe fireames (hall haí a healing venue in them, they (hall refiore fight to the blind, and hearing to the deaf, and (trengch to the lame, and fpeech to the dumb, by the poring out of the Spirit of Chrifi, all thefe foul-infir- mities and deficiencies flail be removed. Thus Chrifi is truly ir, a fpiricual fence, all that which yob was in a!Civil fence, eyes to the blind and feet to the lame : Chrifi is that good to us which he Both for us ; he is our eyes, and he is our feet, he is our ears, he is our life, and our falvation. Verf. s 6. I was a father it the poor, and the caufe that I knew not, I [earthed out. This relative word father,rnay be taken either properly or im- properly, here 'cis to be underílood improperly ; jobwas once a rich man himfeif, and the children to whom he was properly a father were rich too ; but he was a father in a figurative fence, and fo he was a father of the poor. Whofoever death that toano- ther which is theoffice of anatural father, either inflruting and dire&ing him, either watching over him, or prote&ing him, ei- ther afsifling him inbis bufinefs, or fupplying himwith neceffa- ries, in a. word, whofoever (lands by another in a time of need, and is ready at any time (in righteoufnefs). to do him a good turn, may jufily be called his father. Thus Jofepb, though a fub- je& anda fervant toPbaroab, yet faid (Gen. 45. 8.) god bath made me a father to ¶haroab ; that it," Godbath ufed me as an in- firumenc of good to him and his Kingdome, in giving him ad- vice to lay up corn againfi the years of famine; God he hath made me able to give him,counfel,and himwilling to receive mycoun- fcl,even as a fon Both the counfel of a !father. And when we would moll emphatically exprefs and mofi thankfully acknow- ledge the goodwhich we have received from any man, we fay 11e bath seen to meas avery Father. yobwas a father to thepoor: in what ? rake it in two things, which eminently:fec forth the relationof a father. Firt,.
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