t"541, Verf. 6. An Expofitáoas upon the Bookof OB. Chap. 2, foregreat calamity to fee a poor man , man who is but flefh and bloud,wrettling with principalities and powers , with the Devil and powers of darkneís ; this is a fight God himfelf (as we may Gen.221 fo fpeak) rejoyceth in. When Abraham had finifhed that great combate about facrificing his tonne, he calleth the place,?ehovah- jireh,the Lord will fee,or the Lord doth fee,the Lord Both behold as ifthat had been a fight which God himfelfcame down to look upon. As when forne great man or ftrange fhcw paffeth by, we .go out to fee it ; fo God corneal down upon mount 1Vlariah to fee a fight : and what was it ? To fee Abraham in that great tempta- tion affaulted and overcoming. Here was a fpeótacle for the great Jehovah , and thereforehe calls the place Jehovah-jireh, the Lord hath fecal. I doubt not but this place alto ofJobs trial, might have borne the fame name. As the Lord will be teen in the mount ofour adlidions to provide for us, fo he will fee us in the mount ofour af$i6tions , to pleafè Irirnfelf. The Pfalmift defcri- beth God loolkingdown from heaven upon thechildren ofmen, to fee if there were any that did underftand, that didfeekGod, Pfal. 53.2, Surely then if any do Peek God , muchmore ifthey fùffer from him, or for him in a holy manner, he will look down fromHea- ven to fee them. Thirdly, I will note that as.another ground why God would have his life {pared, becaufe he had much ufe of him,when he was in that condition , full of fores and (cabs. Agodlyman is never in f lach an eftate but God bathfame ufe o fhis life .Therefore faith Göd Save his fe, though he be gall of Sores,or rather from the crown of the head to the fate of the foot one continued tore : though he be a moll lamentable creature, and cannot wag hand or foot in any fervice dfman, yet fare his life, for he may thus Rand me in great ftead,and damemore fervice then many thaufands, who (as we fpeak) are found wind and limbe, and havenot one blemifh upon the whole body. A godly perfon is ever ufeful to God; though he cannot ftir a limb, yet his life may be ufeful to God : whereas a wicked man though firong and healthy,though fùrnifht with outward comforts and accommodations, is altogether unfer- viceable ; he will hot do God a ftroak of work , though he have received great pay and wages afore-hand. A. godly man will ferve God in and by his poverty, in and by his ficknefs, when difeafed,when diltruièd,When nothing is to be feen upon him but fcabs and boils. Grace will work through all the defeâs and de- Cayes
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