countable to him,an'l queſtionable for what he did ; but he is Su- prezm, Abſolute and Uncontroulable, whe nath no Law to regulate him, but his own ho'y Nature and bleſſed w:!]., And therefore how raſh and impudenr, and abſurd a thing is it for any Man to cenſure his proceedings 2? Thou haſt ſwerved from the Law and Rule gi- ven T0 thee. : :
24 Remember » that o thou magnifie his work ?, which men behold q ?
# Cail ro mind this thy Duty, and take this matter into thy more ſer1ous thoughts, 'a:.d it will prevent thy horrible Miſtakes and Miſ. carriages. o ſotnis Hebrew Particle is uſed here, v. 10. 8 Job 3. 12. p Or, his works, the Singular Number being pur for the.Plural; eve. ry wcrk which he doth ; do not condema any of his Providen- tial Works cowards thee or others, -ut adore and glorifie them as done with admirable Wiſdom, and Juſtice, and Faithfulneſs. 9 To wir with aimration and aſtoniſhment ; which by their greatneſs and glory draw tne eyes and minds of all men towards them: which de- ſerve ro be entertained wit!: adoration and reverence of all men, not with cenſure and reproach.
25 Every man may ize it r : man may behold ;t a-
r To wir, his work, laſt mentioned. The Power, and Wiſdom and Greatneſs of Godis fo manifeſt in all his Works, that all who
Works of God are ſo great and conſpicuous, that rhey may be ſeen at a great diſtance ; whereas little things cannor be ſeen, unleſs we be n:ar them - This Tranflationand Inrerpreration ſeems better to agree with the Context than that which is more common, Man doth behold it ( i: e; Gods Work or Works ) afar off,z: e. They ſee them darkly and imp?-rfe&ly, as thingsat a great diſtance,but not clearly and plainly,as things nearat hand, and therefore they are ſo aptto miſtake them, and misjudge of themes
26 Behold, God js great ?, and we know him not « ;
ns, and therefore juſt in all his Ways. « To wit, perfe&ly, Though we ſee ſomething of him 1n his Works, as was now ſaid, yet we ſee and know but little of him in compariſon of that which 15 in him. He is incomprehenſfibly grear in his Efſence and in his Works, and therefore benor to raſh, O Job. as to centure thoſe Ways of God which thou canſt not fully underſtand. x He is from everlaſting to everlaſting eternal, as in his Beeing, ſo in all his Counſels ; which therefore muſt be infinitely wiſe and above the comprehenſion of ſhortsl1iv'd men.
27 For y he maketh ſimall the drops of water y, they
fi; e: The Lightning; of which the whole context ſpeaks, which is fitly called Gods Light,as it is called Gods Lightning, Pjak (44:6; be- cauſe God only can lightit. gz: e: Upon theCloud, which isina manner the Candleſtick in which God fers up his Lignt. þ The
pterceth deep, reaching even to the bottom of it, and fpreading it ſelf upon it,and ſo covering it like a gay and glorious Garment ſud= denly caſt over and covering the Body of a Man or Woman; or as God is ſaid to cover himſelf with light as with a garment, Pſal:104:2. 31 For* by them judgeth he the people z, he giveth meatin abundance &,
executes his Judgments againſt ungodly People or Counrries. k Or, and(whick Conjun&ion is oft underſtood)be givethmear, &Cc. 7: e. By the ſelf. ſame Clouds he puniſheth wicked men by Thunder and Lightning, and provideth for others by thoſe plentiful Showers which accompany them.
22 With clouds / he covereth the light »z, and com-
mandeth it not fo ſhine », by the cloud that cometh be- twixt 0. |
I With thick and black Clouds ſpread over the whole Heaveits, as it is in times of great Thunders and Lightnings. Heb.with hands; either the Clouds are ſo called for their refemblance to hands, i Kings 18; 44: as being hollow and ſpread abroad : or the meaning is, that God covereth the Light as it were by the hollow of his Hand. as a
136: 7: as being the Fountain of Light. » Or giveth a charge con- cerning it ta wir, that it ſhal be covered : Or, forbiddeth it, as this Hebrew word joyned with this Propoſition, uſually ſignifies, as Gen: 2: 17: and 28: 6, 1 Kings 2:43:and 11: 180, and elſewhere, 7: e. hindreth ir, as it wereby an expreſs Command or Prohibition, from irs uſual and proper work,to wit, from ſhining. e Which God inter- poſeth as a Veil berween the Sunand Earth : by which he doth, as ir were, deliver his Command or Prohibition to the Sun, that he ſhould nor ſhine. | | 32 The noiſe thereof p ſheweth concerning it q; the cattel alſo concerning f the vapour r.,
p Towit, of or within the black or rhick Cloud ſpoken of v: 32: Or, his. i; e: Gods noiſe, to wit, the Thunder. which is called Gods weice, Pſal: 29: 4.5. 9g To wit, the Rain. which is the prin- cipal ſubje& of theſe Verſes, of which he ſpeakerh expreſly. wv: 27; 28: and of its Companions, the Clouds. the Thunder and Light-
ning in all the following Verſes. The ſenſe is The Thunder gives
notice of the approaching Rain. » And asthe Thunder, ſo alſo the Cattel ſheweth q which Verb is underſtood out of the foregoing Clauſe, afrer the manner ) concerning the Vapourg.. e: concerning the coming of'the Rain ; bue he puts Yapour for the Rain, becauſe di- verſe Catrel are very ſagacious in this matter, and do not only per- ceive the Rain when ir is ready to fall; but foreſee it at ſome-di- ſtance by the Vapours which are drawn up by the Sun in great a« bundance, and by divers Motions and Aions, give men timely no- tice of it, 2s hath been obſerved not only by Husbandmen, burtalſo by Learned Authors.
it CHAF,
Lightning ſpreads farand wide over al) the parts of the Sea, and:
Man ſometimes covers the Lighr of a Candle. m Either the Light- ning or rather the Sun which is fitly called Light, Fob 31: 26: Pſal: ©
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28 Which the + cloudsdo drop, and diftil upon man t Heb:be-
+Heb:eloid
+ Heb! the roots,
»Ch:37:13 i By Thunderand Lightning, he mariifeſts his diſpleaſure and & 38:23:
+Heb that Which g#« efh up.
ap. XXXVII. - C H A P. XXXVIL Gods great Works, Lightning, Thunder, Snow, Rain Winds, Froſt, Cloudr,and his providences towards Nations, whether for Correftion or Mercy, call for reverence and fear, 1 14. as alſo his unſearchable Wiſdom in them, 15 i8. We are ignorant, and cannot ſpeak to God ; but muſt fear him who reſpeFeth none, 19 —— 24. T this alſo a my heart trembleth, and 15 moved out
of his place 6.