an. XXVIIL E 'l, - :ioht; þ i. e. Metals and Minerals, which are nothing rg ted, and hardened, and brought to maturity and perfeQtion- Or, unto all perfettion, 1. e- he perfectly and exaQtly ſearcheth rhem our, although the Hebrew Lamed may be here on]) a Note of the Accuſative Caſe, as ovr Tranſlation takes it. 2 Ei- ther Gems and precious Stons, which are calied by this word Provo. 26.8. or thoſ: ſtones out of which the Metals-forementioned are "taken. + Which ly hid in the dark and deadly ſhades and bowels of the Earth. : : 4 The flood breaketh our 7 from the inhabitant m»,
even the watcrs n forgotten of the foot o: they are dried
up, they are gone away from men Pp. | This Verſe Peaks ed 1. Of another great and remarkable Work of God, whereby in ſome places cither new Rivers break forth, or old Rivers break in upon the inhabitants, and drive them av ay, and in other places Rivers, or other Waters, are dried up, or d-11- ved into other channels or grounds, by which means thete Land: arerendred more uſeful and fruitful. Or rather 2. Of an accident which comonly happeosia Mines, where, whilſt men are digging, a flood of Waters breaks in ſuddenly and violently upon them, and diſturbs them in their work. » Heb+ frim with the Inhab;tant, 1: E. out of that part of the Earth which the Mines in a manner inha- bit, or where they have their fixed abode, and for the moſt part dwell.Or.ſo that there is no Inhabitants or A%:der, i &. ſo that theMi- ners dare continue there no Jonger, bur are forced to come away. » Which word is cafily and fitly underſtood out of the foregoing word Flood. Or, without this ſupplement, the flvod may be ſaid to be forgotten, &c- tha: ſingu'ar word being collettively taken, and ſo convenie:tly joined with this word of the plural numier. oi.-. Un- trodden by the foot of Man. ſuch waters as men either never did paſs over, 01, by reaſon of their depth, cannor paſs over, or, ſuch as though the Miners at firſt for a while did paſs over, yet now cannor, or dare not, do ſo any more. Furegerfubneſs is here aſcribed to the foot, as it is to the hand, Pſalm 13 +» 5- ani itis put for Ig- norance or Unacquaintedneſs ; as all finnzrs are faid to forget God, though many of them never remembred nor minded him- p Heb. they are dried up (or, driwn up, to wit, by Engines made for that purpoſe) from men, (i- e from the Miners, that they may not be hindred in their work Or, with, or by en, the pretix Mem being oft pur for Beth, i- e-. by the labour of men) zhey remove, or vaniſh,
or paſs away, and ſo the Miners return to their work 5 As for the earth, . our of it q cometh bread r: and
*Fzck.28. Under it s is turned up 7 as it were *jre «. | 114. q Our of the upper-parts of the Earth, r Bread-corn, or other food for Mai''s uſe. 5 Either 1+ under th- ſame Earth, which © ther at the ſame time yields Bread out of irs upper, and Fire of its lower parts; or at ſeveral rimes ; that Earth which once was fruitful, becoming. by the 11 pefſition of Divine Providence, barren, and ſulphureous, &r, Or 24 under other parts of the Earth. z1e. Is digged out and terched up. « Either Gold and precious Stones, which glitter and ſparkle like fire : Or Coals, and Brimſtone, and other Mater:als of Fire, 20 | 6' The ſtones of it are the place of ſaphirs x : and it
hath y || duſt of goid z. : Ee | x i- e- Of precious Stones; the Saphire, as one of the moſt emi- 'nent, being put for all the reſt. In tome parts of the Earth, the Sa- Phices are mixed with Stones, and cur out of them and poliſhed. Of - This Stone ſee Exod. 24+ 10. Ezeke 1+ 26. Cant- 5: 144 Lame 4+ 7+ 1. 6 The Earth containeth in or under it. ' z Which is a diſtin@ thing from that Gold which is faund in the ma!s or lump, of which verſc 2+ both ſortsof Go'd being found in the Earth, : 7 Thereis a pati @ which no fowl knoweth, and which the vultures 6 eye hath not ſeen. | zTo wit,in the dark depths and bowels of the Earth.b Whoſe eye is very quick, and ſtrong, and which ſearcheth all plices for irs Prey, but cannot reach to theſe places, which yet the wiſdom of ' Man by the dire&ioa of God's Providence findeth our. - 8 The lions whelps c have not trodden it, nor the
fierce lion d paſſed by it. c H=b. The ſons of pride, a fit name for Lions, which are lofty , and ſtately Creatures, deſpiſing both Men and all other Beaſts thar ' oppoſe them. « Which rangeth all places for Prey, and finderh out the deepeſt Dens and Caves of the Earth. The Birds and Beaſts havevft-times led men to ſuch places as otherwiſe they ſhould ne- ver have found out ; But they could not lead men to theſe Mines, \ - bur the finding. out of them is a ſpecial gifr of God, and an att of b that Wiſdom which he hath pur into Mane *Ch.9. 5; 9 * Heputteth forth his hand upon the || Rock e; he ; Ur, fint. overturneth the mountains by the roots f. | e This and the rwo next Verſes are meant either 1- Of other e- minent and conſiderable Works of God, who ſometimes overturn- . eth Rocks, and produceth new Rivers in unlikely places. Or rather 2. Ofthe ſame work of mining and digging for Gold, or other pre- cious things of the Earth, and of other effe&s of Man's Art and Wiſdom in that Work. The Miners reſolve to break through all oppoſition, and by Iron tools, or Fire or other ways, dig through the hardeſt Rocks. f He undermineth the very mouatains to find out the Metals lying at the bottom of them. xo He cutteth out rivers among the rocks g, and his
eye ſeeth every precious thing þ.
£ He maketh Channels there to convey away that Water which was breaking in upon him, and ifnot thus diverted, would have ſpoiled his work,of which ſee on verſe 4+ þ+ Having with great art and indefatigabl- Induſtry broke through all difficulties, he at laſt arriveth at his end, and finds our thoſe precious Treaſures which he ſought for. EE 11 He bindeth the floods | from overflowing z, and
thing that is hid, bring=th he torth to light &.
5 He reſtraineth thzm, and as it were binderh them to their good behaviour, that they may nor overflow the Minz+ k Thoſ: Metals which did ly hid in the ſecret parts of the Earth, he diſcovers to himſelf and others. ;
12 But where ſhall wiſdom } bs tound?. and where
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