Chap. 3. An Expedition upon the Book of J O B. 'Veld. _ 9. 3'S5 S'condly, Job faith, Let it look for light but have none ; There ismuch in-that : He doth not fay, Let this night have no light, but, Let it look, forlight and have none. From this we may ob- ferve, That the want of that afiliEleth us mofr, which we expea molt. If the night (that is, man in the night) did not expea and look. for light, it would not be much troubled with the abfence oflight. o lofe our expectation, is more then the lofs of the thing expeC- ed. It is faid ofSifera's mother (judges 5. 280 when her Son was upon that expedition againft the people of God, that Jhe looked out at a window, and cryed through the lattefs, , why is his Char're't Ço long in coming ? Why tarry the wheels of his Charret ?.She look- ed for a viturious fuccefs and rich fpoyles, for her wife Ladie.r anfwercd her, yea, fhe returned anfwer to her felf ; Have they not feed, have they not divided the prey ? to every man a Dandel or two , to Sifera a prey of divers colours ? &c. This cut her to the heart, that the looked for great booty, and reckoned upon a vi dory, when Sifera was fart nai<ledthroug.h the Temples,nevcr<to return. That man isgreatly burdened, from whom others expet much but hewhoexpects much is in danger to bemore burdened.There-- fore David prays, Pfal. 119. 116. Let me not be afhamed of my hope. As fhame arifes from doinga thing againft known light, and common principles, fbalfo from lofing or fuffering a thing .a; gainfi known hope and common.expeCation. It is noted as anag- gravation of that peoples affliction in theProphet, We lockedfor peace, and behold no good came , and for a time of health, and be- hold trouble , Jerem. 8. i 5. Fora people to be in expeCation of fumegreat mercy,doubles the forrow of their mifcarriage : Now in thefe Times, we being in our night of Trouble , and ( as it were) looking when day will break, when our Peace will re- turn, when Truth will prevail and be fetled, when Errour and the abettors of it (hall beoverthrown..:, Howwould it augment our forrows, if we looking for thefe mercies hould not have them ? As it is a greater affliction to be miferable when we have been happy, fo when we have long hoped to be happy. God eex preffes himfelfas much troubled, when, he lofes his expectation from us : It provokes the Spirit of God to anger againfi us, when he looks for the fruits ofhis.care and love inOur obedience.and find- eth none, (Ifa. 5..) God looked that his Vineyardfhould have D d d :brought
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