544 Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the BA( of j o B. Ver4. H4 bathfayd , it profitetha man nothing. That is, aman that! get nothing, or have noadvantage by As Chill faith ( Mark g. 36,) Hbat !Twilit profit aman togaine the whole world, and lofe.his ownefootle ? But what was this trade which Eliha accufeth job to have called unprofitable? Surely that which of all others is moll profitable. It profcteth.aman nothing that.hefhould delight himfelfe with God. This goes deep ; Elihu doth not tax himwith laying it profit eth aman nothing to doe this or that good, whichGod command- eth, but ( which is more) that- hefhould delight himfelfe with :God. The word rendred to delight,'hath a:three-fold ,fignification, and all very full to this poynt and text. Firíi , 7o ran, which is the fpeed of our pace. Thus the Sep- tuagint render it, Although he run withGod (Cant: I. 4: ) By rea- fon of thefavour ofthygood oyntments, therefore doe the virgins :love thee, draw us and we will run after thee. To run is-more then to walk. Towalkwith God, notes our obfervance of all holy duties butto run the way of Godscommandements, notes us ,zealous in them and for them. To run, requires not only an honeft heart, buta:larne one ; and therefore ;David fayd (' Pfat. 119. 3 z. ) 1 millrun the way of thy commandements, when thou(halt enlarge my .heart. 7hou (faith ,ELhu to job) haft fayd, ( according to this readingof the wordaitfhall.not profit a man though he run with God, though he make never fomuch fpeed in his work and wayes; though he be.( betides faithful! and upright) forward andalive for God. Secondly, The word.fignifiethTo have oreofthefame will or mind with another. Thus alto force render it here Itprofiteth not a man, though he willeth with God, or be of the fame mind with God. The Apoftle'exhorts (Pfeil: z: 5. ) Let t'hìs-mind-be inyou which was inChrift jefas. To will is an internall motion, to run an externall ; How faft foever a man may run with God in out- ward aclings, yet, pofhbly, he Both not will -with God at all, nor bath a-mind conformable to the mind of God. The hypocrite is thus let taut ( !'fiat: 50., IS, 19.) when thoufaweft a thiefe, thou cm-
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