Chap. 3 T. An expoftion upon the Book of J o B. Verf. 4. 327 Therefore be will foray ptanifh them.. The latter part ofthe affumption, is the plaine fubje& of this 4thverfe. Doth not he fee my wayes ? &c. That God feeth all men and their wayes,was an article oflobs faith ; and therefore he could not but believe that God law him and his. Dotb not he fee my wayes ? How blind were I if I did nor fee his truth ! God is all i ght,all eye,his eye beholdeth all things. Docknot he fee nor wages ? Surely he cloth, that is., He knoweth all that I doe ; He knoweth all that I fpeake, yea he knoweth what I thinke. The fight of God is the knowledge ofGod, and the ob je& of that knowledge is all things,whether referved in the heart, as our thongbet, or uttered at the lips, as our words, or any way effe&ed and brought to iffue,as our deeds ; which is yet more ful- ly expreffed in the next chide. a4nd count all my fleps ? As teeing is an a&offence ; fe counting is a worke of the un. derftanding. God ( as it were) a&s both the ,ßrithmetician and the watchman : I3e feeth or obferveth all our wayes, and i'ee counts or reckons all our Reps, not forme of, but all our f eps. And when wee find thefe two words in conjun&ion, wages and flips, the word srayes, may be taken for what is inward, Doth not kefee my wages ?that is,my purpofes,and intentions,my thoughts and refolutions.And then Reps denote workesand a&ions,which are external and progrefiive. Our fteps or as are guided and limped according toour counfels and delignements. Dothnot bee count all my fteps ? The word fignifies not only to take the count or number of things, how many they are,but alto to judge and diftinguifh con- cerning them,what they are as al fo to preferve a record orkeepe v;t ,e, e, ,,,,. a regifterof them , both as to their number and their nature ; n e,os re,ets- And hence Sepher, fignifieth any catalogue of namesor the mu- .rwt, fler-rollofan Army, or any booke wherein matters are digefted,: rehearfed, and declared. So that here jrob gives glory to God in the acknowledgement ofthat perfe& knowledge which he had of every particular turne and motion of his life,, which he calleth his.
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