.384 VerC g. An Expofttion upon the.Book,of J O B. Chap.,3, rifes, now let it go and not return, let it fox and never rife again. Neither let it fée the dawning ofthe day. He cloth not only with away,full,clear and perfect light,but the dawning ofthe day,which is imperfed light,let not fo much as the F,am n£lemne beginning or firft. moment of a morning fucceed that night. The fubfequaeur d:- words in the Original are, Let it notfee the eye -lids of the morning : es, re. aurora It is a very elegant exprefíion, noting the firft breakingsof light, rquidrm. when the Sun peeps above the Horizon,which Poetsca /1 the Rays "1=I%2 of light,Íireams of light, or thewings of the morning: As our Lord 1rtt thrift the Sun of Rzghteoufnefs, is faid.to rijè with healing in his Primzse albi- wings, (Mal. 4. 2.) So the eye -lids of the morning, alluding to the CQ1t,N ouroræ Sun, which is the Eye ofHeaven, and when the day dawneth,the fl.le,:dor, gum a iipoetæ ra- eye-lids of Heaven open, the Sun awakes and looks out : Even as dios capillos, when a man awakens firit,his eye-lids open:thefe Rays of the Sun penrac 311r01æ are compared to eye- lids,becaufe like theeye-lids they twinkle or disunr. move continually, darting themfelves forth into the air, and upon Sant palpebre aurore radiá the Earth. qui frb awe- In that job forbids the /tar-light,and would take away the hope ramemitorefo- of Sun-light ; Obferve firfi, lent, Mercer. 2-hat infad timesfmall comforts may pals for great Mercies. In the day time no man looks after'the stars : liar-light is not valued, while Sun-light is enjoyed : but in the night a Star is a welcóme fight. He that isfull (faith Solomon) defpifeth the honey-comb, but to the hungry Soul everybitter thing is Tweet: When a man is hungry and wants, a little is pleafant to him,as our Proverb bath it, Half lirtaxerxes pe a loaf is better then none. A great Emperour once drank puddle- nefni pereunte, water with more delight (heprofeffed) then ever he had done the cumafôrlit bi- molt delicious wines. Sad times and hardship make that pleafant tiff& quæf it ab eo and very acceptable, which in plenty we flight and pafs by.Hence Eunuebcss or- it follows, That the removing offmall comforts in fad times are great quid non piuri- affliîlions : If /tars (which have but little light) be taken from the ho aruolcfntæ night a great aflidion is added to the night. Some can lofe more fer ?pltefpond e then another mans all, and yet feel it not,yet think they have loft 'tax, nunquarn nothing. We are not troubled at the lots of fit-mil things when we ita fivaviterfo .enjoy greater ; But when all we have are(mall, then any thing rvelofe by isgreat. As in Nathan! Parable, 2 Sam. 12. when the poor aquam man having loft but one Lamb had loll all, hecons complains rreat- purihars, P g Pozal. Mcliif, 1Y. ë;i tcr. £ I. Secondly,
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