fi ¡ 452 Verb: 2iä An'.Expofiticn upon theBookofj O B. Chap. and snake an efcape, but cannot. Fourthly obir ve. It is an afitlion to Nature, to_. be debarred of any thing it de- f reth, hoar defirueliz eJóever it be unto it. It is (in one fence) a natural defire to long for death, and yet death is the defttution of Nature.. A man under diftempersof body; in ä difeafe, a Fe- ver,fuc.is often troubled and greived,becaufe he cannot have thole things which will hurt him : He longs forfuch meats and drinks as given him, would kill him, and yet a denial angers': the hope ofcteeth deferred will make the heart fick, and when the de- lire (death dclired J comes, it is a tree of life : Grief arifeth from the unfatisfaEfion of our delires, and therefore though the thing had, which we delire, will undo us, `yet the not having it Goth aíflier.us. , Which. long for death, acidit cometh not, and theydig for it . more then for hid treajiares. Take fomewhat from this latter, saran, h, and they digfor it more thenfor bid treajìare. - As foon as ever job had expreft their longing delire after death, you fee . prefently 'he tells, us that they dig for death. From this oh- serve, That whore defies aN true, they, prefentlyproduce endeavours.. He that longs for a thing will labour for it,they are digging pre- fently, (Prow. iS. i. i Through defire a man having Jeparated bimfelf, iutermedlethwith all wifdom If it be. death a ínati de= lreth,he will be endeavouring after it. There arefetríe velleities, lifilefr wifbingsand wouldings, which produceno endeavours; but true delires are ever aFfive,natural delires are feconded withnatu ral endeavours,and fo fpiritual delires with fpiritual endeavours. if a man delire death, he will dig for it;{ùrely'then he that delires, Shrift, and longs for eternal life, will be digging for the enjoy_. m ent ofthem. Obferve further, That proportionably to the firength of our de(ires, is theJIrengtb and earn (fawn of our endeavours. As real defire canfeth real endeavour, fo thong delires caufe Prong endeavours : It was not a bare delire, but an carnet' longing .(as was cleared in opening the words:) And it is not a bare labour, but hard labour,digging is thong labour. A meer natural man, whofe defines a:. ter fin are ftrongand vehement, acts fin with equal vehemency. The Holy Ghoul h,hedoth evil as hecan,thatis,to utmoft his cunning or ability; He draws iniquity with cords of vanity, and fin as' it were with Cart- copes. kL doth evid-.0 faith another Scripture, Mich,-
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