3 $2 Verf. 9. An Expofition upon the Bookof J qB. Chap. 3, in days and duties of thankfgiving) who are ready to vile up their rejoycing,r. David faith, Come and hear all ye that fear God, and Iwill declare what he loath donefor my Soul, Pfal. 66. i6. He had not told them what God had done for his foul,but to gain the help of their fouls in praifing God, or for what he haddone. Sometime allo a Chritlian is fdengaged in prayer for the obtain- ing ofa mercy, and finds his heart fò much below his fuit,that he calls out to all thofe who have any holy skill in praying, Pray fQr me, praywithme, the bufinefs is too big for me alone. How ear- , nefily Both Pa.el be.g prayers, Now I beJeechyou Brethren, for the Lord1efus Chrif}sJake, andfor the love ofthe Spirit, that yeftrive together with me in prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered, &c. Rom. 55. 30. As it is thus in prayingand rejoycing, fo itmay be in mourning and in forrowing; And troubles are very deep when they exceed our own forrows, as mercies are very great when they are beyond ourown praifes : We in this Nationhave caufe to fear fuch trou- bles, even fuchas may caufe us to invite the hearts and fp'rits,the bowels and compaifions of all the Chriftians in the world to come, and lament over us : we may be forced to fend, not only for the Ifusbandman,thofeplain-hearted mourners,but for thole alfo who arc skilful in lamentations ; Inch as Jeremy, to let a Fong in the higheft 'trains of lamentation,for the bewailingofour troubles,and fay,let fuch lamentour day as lamented jerufàlem;let fuch lament it, as have lately lamented Germany,fuch as now lament the ruines and defolations ofIreland, ,Yetfe 9. Let the Stars of the twi-light thereofbe dark; let it look, for light, but have none, neither let itfée the dawning of the day. This is the laft part of the Curfe which Job paffeth upon his Night : Let the Stars of the Twi-light thereof be dark. Some Comforts ofthe Night are natural, others are accidental. Job in the former Vertes wifhes away the accidental Comforts ; the meetingofFriends, and the voice ofMufick : In this Verle he re- moves the natural comforts of the night, which are two. Ertl, the prefent light of the Stars. Secondly,the expeâed light of the Sun. The fir(l comfort ofthe night is, that though it be dark by the abfence
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