hap. s 3 G. e n Expoflion upon the Book of J0 B. erf. 16, 253 chu:'e tome evil. Pàul was in the former ftreighr, and David in the latter: Panl was in a Weight, it was a trouokc t -) hurt , hying doubtful!, which good to chufe, ( Phil. i 2 3. j I an in a f'reiçë;.t betwixt two ; betwixt what two ? betwixt two very gnr)d th:w, namely, living here indoing good,and going to heaven to recs ive his reward ; he was in a freightwhether to live here to_do mo -e Work, or to o to heaven to receive the reward of his work. 'ris forge a bleffed trouble,when we are in a doub, which good tochufe. But they are in verygreat trouble , who are in fuch a flreight,that whatsoever they chufe, they muf chufe evil : That was Davids freight, (a'Sam.a4. i4.)the Lord gave hint a choyce, and avery fad one,of three evils, either of famine, or of penitence, or of flying and falling before his Enemies here- upon David faid, 1 am an a great Jlrerghe ; fomewhat. he mutt chufe, and what-ever he chofe , it was evil, that is, penal evil but feeing it was fo, and could not be otherwife, (emalls mini- mum) he would chufe the leaf, he chofe to fall into the hand of God ,rather than into the hands of men.Into fuch kind of freights are the people of God fonietimes call, they have fortiewhar be- fore them to chufe, but what-ever they chufe, it is very hard, and troublefome ; troublefome to flay, and troublefome to go , trou- blefo -Me toabide by ir,and troublefome to file from ir, every"way it is a trouble; and how many of the precious people of God have been brought into thefe troubles l'Only this is their comfort as well as their duty, that though they may be in fuch freights as necefltare them to chufe a lets good, or a penal evil, yet as God will not , fo man cannot bring them into any fuch freights as necefitate them ro chufe a moral or ñnful evil. Troubles are freights. He woad have removed thee out of afreight into a broad glace. Hence Note, Thirdly; what-ever f rerghts we are in, god is able to inlarge 000. Thehand ofthe Lord is notJhortned that it cannotfave, (!fa. gg. i.) There is no freight fo fn6i, but the Lord can open ir, and remove us out ofit, or it from us. When the Children . of Ifrael were in that greatfreight, having the Sea before them, and Pha- raoh Withhis Hof behind them, theLord removed them out of that freight, and brought them into á large place. There are a O Co 2 thoufancl
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