John Trapp on Job 10:4
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Job10:4
Verſe 4. Haſt thou eyes of fleſh?] Which ſee but the ſurface of things, and not that neither in the dark. Haſt thou not fiery eyes Rev. 1.14. that need no outward light, but ſee by ſending out a ray, and pierce the inward parts alſo? Haſt thou not made the eye? yea the optick vertue in the eye, which ſeeth all, and is ſeen of none? If the Sun be the eye of the world, God is much more; the Greeks give him his name from ſeeing, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. becauſe he ſeeth through and through: eyes he hath, but not of fleſh: he ſeeth, but not as man.
Or ſeeſt thou as man ſeeth?] Art thou ſubject to errour, ignorance, partiality, popularity, &c. Proceedeſt thou not according to truth (yea, truth in the inward parts) and not according to opinion or appearance? Of a good Judg it is ſaid, that he doth neque ſuſpicere, nec deſpicere, nec reſpicere, nec circumſpicere; neither look up nor down, nor this way nor that, but ſtraight forward to the cauſe, and not to the perſon. Of a juſt law it is ſaid, that it is an heart without affection, an eye without luſt, a mind without paſſion, a treaſurer which keepeth for every man what he hath, and diſtributeth to every man what he ought to have; ſo and much more then ſo is God, whatever thoughts might ariſe ſometimes in Jobs heart to the contrary.
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