Chap.3. An Expofition upon the .Book of J O B. Verf i 3. of the grave. As ifhe had faid ; Had I dyed then, not onely had not there florins been upon me, nor there waves gone over ime, but the leafibreath of had never blownupon tee. Hence we may obferve Firft , That in regard of all outward troubles, death is the refs of man. Blelfed are the dead that dye in the Lord, for they refifrom their la- bors. And they who dye out of the Lord, red from all that la- bor they have had in this world. There is no work,, nor device, nor knowledg, nor wifdome in'the grave whither thou goeJt, Ecclef. 9. a.o. This life is a day of working, and death is a night ofdrefling. The Sun arifeth , mangoeth forth to his labour until the Evening. Ffál. 104.2%. When theSun of our life arifeth,We go forth to our labour,until the Evening of death.This life is a continued motion, death is a continued refl. This life is butnoife and tumult; death is filence. Our life is a Rom-1y paffage,a tempefluous Sea-voyage, death bringeth us to the harbor. There is a four-fold reft which we obtain in death. Firf( , A labour and travel, no working there. Secondly, There is a re It from trouble and oppreflion , no Wars , no bloody battels there: Thirdly,thereis a refifrom paflîon, no forrow, no grieffnall afflict us there. In the grave there is a fourth ref( better then all thefè, a refs from fin, a ref( from the drudgery ofSatan , a reft from the winnowings and buletings ofSatan , a reft from' the lawof our members, warring agarii the law of our minds. When Said went to the Witch of ëoor for advice withSamuel, that Samu- el, or the Devil íi c}ue ai.7r:2earance ofSamuel, fpeaks as one di- fiurb'dbeing raifed.from thc'grave; Why (faith he) haft thou dif quietedme to bringme up ? 'Saw. 28. 15. I was at ref( , why didit thou call me up to a Landof trouble ? It is the obfervation of an Ancient leather, and the refàlution of an Ancient Councel, Laíí- concerning Chrifts,weeping over LazarvS, f oh.:i That not his rum nrarruia death, but his riling drew thofe tears. When Chriftcame to the flevaehri}a grave where Lazarus lay; the Text faith, thatjelies wept. Why led noncons did Chrif( weep,faith jerom, in comforting amother that had loft ifchrm'm fu' drt daluuLá her daughter ? It is clear that Chrifl wept over Lazarus that was zazumnondc dead, bin hedid not weep thy tears; Chrif(.did not weep,bc'caufè,,1enrenfedf Lazarus was dead, but he wept rather becaufè Lazarus was to tiusvefurgen. be railed up again ; he vvept to think that his friend Lazarus reuyHicron. E.adTyra Mould be brought back into fo,troublefome a world. And it was fiámfuTyra the refolutionof the third Toletane Councel ,. that Chriit did not tem,tìli. F ff 2 weep +03
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