John Trapp on Job 26:14

Verſe 14. Lo, theſe are parts of his wayes] Or rather, Particles of his Works: Extrema ſunt viarum ejus ſo the Tigu[illegible: 2 letters]es tranſlate it: theſe are the ends, extremities or utmoſt parts of them, the [non-Latin text not transcribed], as Saint Paul calleth it, that which may be known of God, par [illegible: 1 word] treaturaru[illegible: 1 letter], Rom. 1.19, 20 as the Sun may bee ſeen in the water after a ſoft, but in ro[illegible: 2 letters], as the Schooles ſpeak, in the Cirele where in it runs, we are not able to behold him ſo ſomething of God may be ſeen in his Works in his Word, his back parts we may ſee and live, as Moſes Exod. 33. Quam exigultatem. Piſcat. Parva[illegible: 2 letters] ſtillam Vulg. [non-Latin text not transcribed] a. Sept. Paucu[illegible: 2 letters] de p[illegible: 1 letter]nco, puſillum & parum. admilum Merc. His truth in the Temple, as [illegible: 1 span]

But how little a portion is heard of him?] Heb. What a [illegible: 1 word], or ſh[illegible: 2 letters] of a word or thing, is heard of him? As when one heareth the latter end only of a [illegible: 1 word] that which the eccho reſoundeth, and no more: it is [illegible: 1 word] a [illegible: 1 span] cannot know, we are as narrow mouthed veſſels: Ye are not able to [illegible: 1 word] what I have to ſay to you, ſaith Chriſt to his Apoſtles, John 16.12. And to the people h[illegible: 1 letter] ſp[illegible: 1 letter]ke as they were able to hear, Mark 4.33. and not as he was able to have ſpoken. Lequimur de Deo non quantum debemus, ſed quantum poſſumus. ſaith Gratian the Emperor, We ſpeak of God,I[illegible: 1 letter] Epiſt ad Ambroſ. not ſo much as we ſhould, but ſo much as we can. We prophecy but in part, and what wonder, ſith we know but in part, 1 Cor. 13. In humane things, the wiſeſt men have profeſſed, that the greateſt part of what they knew, was the leaſt of that they knew not: how much more in things divine? By no expreſſions do we ſo fully ſet forth God, ſaith Scaliger, as by thoſe which ſet forth our ignorance. Our ſafeſt Eloquence concerning God, is our ſilence, ſaith learned Hooker.

But the thunder of his power, who can underſtand?] Heb. Of his powers; that is, his powerful thunder: which whilſt Alladius King of the Latines would by certain Engines (that he had made him) imitate, he juſtly periſhed by a Thunderbolt from heaven, his houſe alſo, wherein he had attempted ſo to do, was conſumed with fire from heaven, as Dionyſ. Halicarn. and Oroſius teſtifie. Some by thunder here underſtand Gods aſtoniſhing preſence and utterance of himſelf. Others, his force and grandeur, his notable and thundering exploits, which ſhine all the world over, and to which if all that have been inſtanced ſhall be compared, they will appear to be but as a few heat drops to a great ſhowre of raine. He that ſhall go about co declare them,Lucret. ſhall be forced to ſay with the Poet, Clandicat ingenium, delirat linguaque, menſque.