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of their own kind), and ears of corn as
devouring one another. Surely in the multitude
of dreams, nay, even in one dream, there are
divers vanities, Ec 5:7. Now that God no longer
speaks to us in that way, I think it is no matter
how little we either heed them or tell them.
Foolish dreams related can make no better than
foolish talk. But these dreams which Pharaoh
dreamed carried their own evidence with them
that they were sent of God; and therefore, when
he awoke, his spirit was troubled, Ge 41:8. It
cannot but put us into a concern to receive any
extraordinary message from heaven, because
we are conscious to ourselves that we have no
reason to expect any good tidings thence. His
magicians were puzzled, the rules of their art
failed them: these dreams of Pharaoh, it seems,
did not fall within the compass of them, so that
they could not offer at the interpretation of
them. This was to make Joseph's performance
by the Spirit of God the more admirable.
Human reason, prudence, and foresight, must
be nonplussed, that divine revelation may
appear the more glorious in the contrivance of
our redemption, 1Co 2:13, 14. Compare with
this story, Da 2:27, 4:7, 5:8. Joseph's own
dreams were the occasion of his troubles, and