An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

He doth not say, to the Maker of man, or to the Maker of Heaven and Earth, but to my Maker; he appropriates that common work of God to himself. God is the maker of every Creature, the least worm, the least fly is of his making, yet Elihu speaks of it as his peculiar privilege, my Maker.

He doth not say, to the Maker of man, or to the Maker of Heaven and Earth, but to my Maker; he appropriates that common work of God to himself. God is the maker of every Creature, the least worme, the least fly is of his making, yet Elihu speaks of it as his peculiar priviledge, my Maker.

There's a great Emphasis of affection in those Pronouns, Mine, ¹Thine, His. Elihu in this my intimates a friendly sweetness and closeness of relation between God and him. To call another Mine, is more than to call him a friend of mine; And to say, God is my Maker, is more than to say, He is the maker of me, or the maker of my soul and body. 'Tis the Dialect of lovers: Whom we love we call Ours. It is so in the writings of Heathen Poets and Orators. One of them said, I must do this with the gifts of mine, that is, of my friends; and another, I only am my to mine. Much love reigns in this Language of faith up and down the Scriptures, chiefly in those raptures of divine delight between Christ and the Spouse in the Book of Canticles. Elihu is here greatly affected, as with the righteousness of God in all his works, so in the workmanship bestowed on him: I (saith he) will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

There's a great Emphasis of affection in those Pronounes, Mine, ¹Thine, His. Elihu in this my intimates a friendly sweetness and closeness of relation between God and him. To call another Mine, is more than to call him a friend of mine; And to say, God is my Maker, is more than to say, He is the maker of me, or the maker of my soul and body. 'Tis the Dialect of lovers: Whom we love we call Ours. It is so in the writings of Heathen Poets and Orators. One of them said, I must do this with the gifts of mine, that is, of my friends; and another, I only am my to mine. Much love reignes in this Language of faith up and down the Scriptures, chiefly in those raptures of divine delight between Christ and the Spouse in the Book of Canticles. Elihu is here greatly affected, as with the righteousness of God in all his works, so in the workmanship bestowed on him: I (saith he) will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.