Chap. 2. in Expofrtion upon the Bookof J. O B. `Veil. ÿ. 291 fully, reverently ? refpeftingGod and his ways ofprovidence to- wards us. And then the queftion may be refòlved into this ¡flir,- inativeconclúfionr- thatloo1Zin what manner we receive goodIrons, the hand of' God, in the fame we ought to receive evil. Or thus, Where we have ourgood,thencewe muff have our-evil. One and the famehand moderates and difpenceth both. Ivherefore, fhall we re -, ceive goodand not evil ? Shall ire receivegood? Some interpret the good here tobe meant of the goodof the next life [hall we be in expeetation.ot ever- ladlinggood ? [hall we be in expeitatíonof enjoying Chriil, and feeing the face of God for ever in Heaven ? [hall we be at leat in .hope ofa crown of glory, laid up in fore for us ? and thall we not be willing to receive evils, and digeft troubles, to bear the crois a' few days while we are here ? I ( däith the Apofile Paul, Korn S. ZS.) reckon that the fitferings of this prefent time, are not worthy to be compared to the glory which(hall be revealed. Shall we have glo- ry in the eye ofour faith, and [hall we not endure a little trouble in the eye of our fènfe ? But rather, bygood here, we arc to underhand the good things ofthis life ; Jhall we receive good ? fc. outward conm.forts and pro - fperity, andJhall we not receive evil,? horn whom ? Evil from the hand ofGod. What Evil ? Sooner [hall the Sun fend forth a cloud, then God fend forthany evil properly taken ; ,therefore evil here is only af- fliefiion,,as contradiftia tó the.good before named:So the fenfe is, all we receive comforts at the hand ofGod, and (hall we not receive afdli -os'? AIiionS are evil, notmoral evil, not natural evil .: Rí,f7lo,cs; but they are called evil, either fat, becaufe they are ufeally e- j,lerp, ro teemed fo; or fecondly,becaufe they are fo to fenfe; or thirdly,be- fin., fed ma?, cauf, they are many times abided, and fo in the event they-prove r.aruwo vocan- evil unto us : -lardy, they are often evil negatively, that isithey do rurqutá rates a v,al ulirmazt- us nogood ; biat they are never.evil pofitively in thernf:lves,or re- turg latively, as they are received .frorn God. : We may take notice ( for the further clearing of this paffage) ofthe formof the argument. It is propofed by way of queftion or expollulation, as we render it; :What ? -jhall we,,receive good ? C. `-here is a- great deal of force in themanner'©f propofing tj,iï fl ops arre 41all of q .iicknéfs'andfptrit. ab doth not only givé his wife a "Logical rea[on, -buta- hhetor`ical reafon, words, with life, ço convince her by ? lilhat, faith he,fhall we receive gad ? &c. p 2 As
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