An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

What a wonder is it, that the Lord of Heaven and Earth, should admit, and enter into a parley with man, who is but a well-shaped clod of Earth! Solomon was in a kind of amazement at the mercy, when he said at the Dedication of the Temple (1 Kings 8.22.) But will God indeed dwell on Earth! And may not we, that God should come down to confer with an afflicted bed-rid man on Earth! I know some are of opinion, that the Lord spake by an Angel to Job; however, here was the Lords presence, it was Jehovah, who manifested himself to Job, what Ministry soever he used: Thus the Lord is pleased often to interpose in the case and cause of his afflicted servants, though we see him not, nor have such formal apparitions, as here in the Text. The Lord, the high and lofty One, who dwelleth in the high and holy Place, dwelleth also with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit; and be dwelleth with him to revive him, (Isa. 57.15.) Therefore surely he manifests himself to him in his loving-kindness, which is better than life, and the very life of our lives. The Lord who hath Heaven for his Throne, and the Earth his footstool, saith by the same prophet (Isa. 66.1, 2.) To this man will I look, (and lest any should take this man to be one of the mighty ones of this world, he giveth us both a signal specification, and clear character of this man to whom he looketh) even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my Word. And if the Lord look to such a man, if he vouchsafe him his gracious •ye, doubtless he also reveals himself graciously and freely to him.

What a wonder is it, that the Lord of Heaven and Earth, should admit, and enter into a parly with man, who is but a well-shaped clod of Earth! Solomon was in a kind of amazement at the mercy, when he said at the Dedication of the Temple (1 Kings 8.22.) But will God indeed dwell on Earth! And may not we, that God should come down to confer with an afflicted bed-rid man on Earth! I know some are of opinion, that the Lord spake by an Angel to Job; however, here was the Lords presence, it was Jehovah, who manifested himself to Job, what Ministry soever he used: Thus the Lord is pleased often to interpose in the case and cause of his afflicted servants, though we see him not, nor have such formal apparitions, as here in the Text. The Lord, the high and lofty One, who dwelleth in the high and holy Place, dwelleth also with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit; and be dwelleth with him to revive him, (