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wicked might be shaken out of it ? Hast thou
entered into the springs of the sea ? or hast
thou walked in the search of the depth ?
Have the gates of death heen opened unto
thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the
shadow of death 1 Hast thou perceived the
hreadth of the earth ? declare if thou knowest
it at all. Where is the way where light dwell-
etb ? and as for darkness, where is the place
thereof, that thou shouldest take it to the
bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know
the paths to the house thereof? Knowest
thou it, because thou wast then born ? or
because the number of thy days is great ?
Canst thou hind the sweet influences of
Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion 1 Canst
thou bring forth MazzarotU in his season ? or
canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ?
canst thou set the dominion thereof in the
earth ? Canst thou hft up thy voice to the
clouds, that abundance of waters may cover
thee ? Canst thou send lightnings, that they
may go, and say unto thee. Here we are ?
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
or who hath given understanding to the
heart ?"*

» SeeJobxxxviii.
22 SERMON 11.
The period will arrive, when man will
know — that which he now so studiously
shuts his eyes against, viz. that in life it is
his fate to be ignorant, and his duty to be
humble.
