xto \Terî. 7. 4n Expo/ttne upon the Book of J o t. Chap. 36. are enlightened by J:fus Chrift ; fo the eyes ofGod, the eyes of the Father were alwayes upen him, in favour, in love, in care, whenhe was here in this world about that great work of our fal- vation, and he had abundunt experience of the. eyes of his Father upon him. Now, mark ir, this was the great promife made to t'hrifl, the Stone , that upon him/bold be fevers eyes, the eyes of the Lord fhould be alway and fully upon hina.And this is the pri- viledge of everyone that bath part and intereff in this (lone Jefus Chritt, every rihteous-perfon bath Eaten eyes upon him,the Lord God beholds him exaátly, perfedtly, and aiwayes; He withdrarv- ah not his eyes frone the righteous. A fecond inference is this; If the Lord never withdraweth his eyes from the righteous, Then let the righteous knew their duty : What's that ? Never to withdraw their eyes from theLord. There is a threefold eye which a righteous man fhould never withdraw fromGod. Firfi, An eye of faith Secondly, An eye of hope: Thirdly, An eye of dependance : and that,Firft, for dire6tion in all his wayes ; Secondly, for prote6tion in all his dangers. I will lift sip rline eyes ( faith David, Pial. r aT I.) unto the hills, from whence cometh myhelp. And again, (Ppd. r a 3. r, 2.) Vnto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwelleft in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes offermants look unto the hand of their Mailers , and as the eyes ofa sasayden canto the handof her Miflrefs, f, our eyes Waite up- on the Lordour God, untill hehave mercy on Hs ; that is, we never withdraw our eyes from him, while we have need of his mercy, , and that is alwayes. Walk6efore me, that is, with an eye of faith, hope, and dependance, was the Lords cha-ge to the father 'of the faithfull, ( .Gen. 17. I .) Ihavefit the Lord alwayes before me, that is, I keep a conflant eye upon the Lo-d, wag the p:ofeffion of David, as the type of Chrift, ( Pfal. t 6. 8. ) And as to keep an eyeon God is heft and fafeft for us,fo'tis e.xtreatnly pleafing and conrentfull toChrifl, as he tells the Church, ( Cant. 9. 9.) Thou hall ravifhedmyheart, my Sifter, my Spoufe, thoubalk ravi f edmy !wart with one of thineeyes, that is, with a believing, a hoping, a depending look on me for all that good which thou wantell and wouldft have, or with a delighting look on me as thy chiefeft good. Let not the righteous withdraw their eyes from God, for hewithdraweth not bis eyesfrom the righteous. But
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