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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27995	The book of Job paraphras'd by Symon Patrick ...	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1679 (1679)	Wing B2639; ESTC R38814	190,572	364

inquiries but never be able with all his labour to dive into the bottom of this Secret why God doth not punish all the Wicked who so insolently contemn him 13. Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in the land of the living 13. Alas this Wisedom is not to be purchased with all that wretched Man hath to give for it it is not a thing that any part of this world affords 14. The depth saith It is not in me and the sea saith It is not with me 14. The Miners poor Souls dig they never so deep are never like to come within the reach of it nor is it to be fetch'd by the Mariner from any of those Countries to which he sails 15. It cannot be gotten for gold neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof 15. All the Gold and Silver which men have heaped up by such long toil and labour are too inconsiderable a price to be offered for it 16. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir with the precious onyx or the sapphire 16. Though it be the purest Gold which comes from Ophir together with all the precious Stones wherewith that rich Country abounds they are of so little value 17. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold 17. That if you should adde the Gold and the Crystall which are brought from other places with all the Vessels made by the art of man of the most refined and massy gold they could doe nothing to obtain it 18. No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls for the price of wisedom is above rubies 18. The precious Stones which are fetch'd out of the mountains of the East are not worthy to be named with it Men may dive into the Sea and fetch up Pearls but this Wisedom lies a great deal deeper 19. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it neither shall it be valued with pure gold 19. The Arabian Topaz which is so much esteemed for its wonderfull lustre doth not come near it nor are all the golden Ornaments which they wear in those parts proportionable to it 20. Whence then cometh wisedom and where is the place of understanding 20. By what means then shall we get this Wisedom of which we are so desirous who can shew us where it lies that we may go and search for it 21. Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from the fowls of the air 21. We may ask this question as often as we please but none can resolve us for it is concealed from all men living the most soaring wits were never able to disclose it 22. Destruction and death say We have heard the fame thereof with our ears 22. Death is the best Informer and the Grave the onely place where we may learn something of it But this is all that they can tell us which is as far short of a full account as a rumour is from a certain knowledge that they will shortly make all men equal and then it will be of no great moment whether we have been happy or miserable 23. God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place thereof 23. None but God understands the way and method of his own Providence He alone knows the place of that Wisedom we enquire after which is no-where else but in his own Mind 24. For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven 24. For who should govern the World but He whose Understanding is infinite and sees the motions of all Creatures from one end of it to the other 25. To make the weight for the winds and he weigheth the waters by measure 25. Which He hath set in such exact order and given to them such just measures that the Wind cannot blow nor the Waters flow but in those proportions which He hath prescribed 26. When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder 26. To the like laws He hath bound the Rain and appointed the course which the Thundering cloud shall take 27. Then did he see it and declare it he prepared it yea and searched it out 27. And when He ordered all these things He was pleased in the wisedom which He saw in his works He made it visible and apparent He fixed it therefore and made these Laws perpetual because after all the search that could be made He found no fault in it 28. And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisedom and to depart from evil is understanding 28. And making Man at the same time He imprinted this sense upon his heart that he ought to be an humble Adorer not a Censurer of his secret Wisedome whereby He governs the World For the highest Wisedom and skill that man can attain is to be possessed with such a Religious Fear of the great Lord of all as not to dare to doe any thing which he knows will displease Him CHAP. XXIX ARGUMENT To such Discourses as these Job presumes his Friends would have given greater attention then it seems they did had not the Vileness of his present condition made his Speeches also contemptible And therefore he puts them in mind with what reverence all his Orations were formerly received by great and small wishing God would restore to him those happy days and inserting all along some remarkable instances of his Integrity especially as a Judge in the height of his Princely Prosperity When he had an uncontrollable Power to doe as he pleased and yet never abused it but imployed it constantly for the defence and comfort of the meanest people in his Province 1. MOreover Job continued his parable and said 1. HERE Job made another pause to see if his Friends would return any Answer But they continuing silent he proceeded in his eloquent Vindication of himself saying 2. Oh that I were as in months past as in the days when God preserved me 2. Oh that God would re-establish me in that happy Condition wherein sometime agoe I was a principal part of his Care You would then give a greater regard to my words then you do now in my Misfortune 3. When his candle shined upon my head and when by his light I walked through darkness 3. Which hath left me Nothing but onely Wishes that He would restore me those pleasant days when I saw nothing but continued tokens of his Favour by which I passed untouch'd through all the Inconvenices and Troubles of this Life 4. As I was in the days of my youth when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle 4. Oh the flourishing season of that prosperous estate would it were possible to recall the Felicity of those days when the Divine Providence treated me so kindly that all my Answers were held for