550 Chap.3. An Expofition upon the Bookof J OB. `Verf.3e When job faith, Let not God regard it, this may be the fence, let not God take any care for it, or make any account ofit.,;let not bis eycs:be upon it to do it any good, or to do any extraordinarygood upon it; let it not be honoured by God with any fpecial work of providence, which might make it recorded and remembered with honour amongmen, pw=ir-ruy- The Apoüle, Rom.i4,G. (peaks ofmans regarding ofa day, He Per. that regardeth a day , regardeth it unto the Lord. The Apotile treats in that Chapter about the obfervationof dayes; finding that many Believers could not be taken off from folemnizing of thof feafls , which were of Gods own foundingand inflitutingamong the Jews; he advifes that they thould not be judgedor hardly cen- fu red for going according to their confcience ; for he that out of confcience, and according to his light, regards,that is,doth folem- nizeor obferve a day, be regardeth it unto the Lord, that is, to the honour ofGod, and with a fincere defile to pleafe him. But the thing I aim at in alledging this Text, is to give light to the point in hand : What is it to regarda day ? The Apolle is plain, that Mans regarding ofa day, is tohave aday in fpecial account,as thole dayes were , which God inflituted among the Jewes for fpecial ends, commanding them to obferve them, and promifing a blefling in their obfervation. Proportionably, Gods' regarding ofa day, is the fpecial efi:ee n he hath, or care he takes ofit, and thefpe- cial biding he poureth down upon it. Some pradical Truths are henceobfervable. Firil, Confider thefe two parts of the curie , as they are pa- ced in fucceflionone afteranother,or in conjuration one with amt- ther,' Let theday be darknefr, and let not God regard it from above. This may teach us , That there is 'no dayfo dark, or condition fo troublefome; but if God regard and take notice ofit, man may take comfort and rejoyce in it. Though the day be darknefs, Gods eye will make it light; his regarding is a blefling ; we never lofe :all , till God leaves us. If in the hour and power ofdarknefs , (as -Chrifl calls the timeof his paflion ) Goddo but lift up the light of his countenance upon us, we (hall befaved. jobs with ofdarknefs had done his day no great hurt;unlefs;he had taken the eye ofGod off-from it allo. All the light.that is in the world, the lightof Sun, Moon,and Stars,is but darknefs tous,ifGod hide his face;but lrt Sun,Moon and Stars hide their faces,lefall creatureswithdraw their comfort). if Geid regard us, we are well : Therefore fob puts the
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