Chap. 4o, AnExpofitionupon the BookofJ os, Verf,g, 683 Secondly, Hope is much more in vain, when we hope for much, and get nothing at all. As Peter Paid toatria (Lytle 5.. 5.) We have toyled ait night, and have taken nothing. That's like tithing for Leviathan; auch hope is utterly invain. Such a vain hope the Church fpake of ("ferem. 8. a g.) We looked for peace ( looking is an lEt of hope) and no good came, no good at all ; that hope is vain, when we look for peace,and no good, nobene- fit comes. And thus the Lord fpake of his fmiting in vain, (Pron. Z. 3o) In vain have 1 (mitten your Children. Why in vain_? theyhave received nocorreElion, that is, they were never a whit the better for it, they were not amended by it. When God fpends his rods upon us, and weneither cea a to do evii,nor learn to dogood, then he corre9eth us in vain. And when he fends hisword, and we receive nogood by it, no inttruaion by it, then . his word is in vain. To wa(h an cAthiopian, is the embleam of labour invain, becau:e,howmuch foever you wafh him, he is not at all the whiter, nor is any change wrought in his complexion. Thirdly, Hope is yet morein vain, when w: look for good,and" get hurt inflead of good. The Prophet complained (jeans. 8. a s.) not only thus, we look for peace, and no goodcame ; but (as it follows) for a time of health, and behold, trouble. But what waa the time of health which they looked for, or what was the health which they looked for at that time ? There is a two-fold health, a health of the body natural, and a health of the bodypo- iitick,whichconfiRs inprofperiry and peace ; for this health they looked,but behold trouble. So (ter. t 4. r g.)We lookedfor peace;and' therewas nogood ; andfor a time ofhealing, andbehold trouble.Thus the Lords Vineyard,thac is, the Church of the Jews difappsinted' the Lords expeEtat ion (lfa:5.5.) when,while he looked forgrapes, it brought forthwildgrapes, that is,as 'cis explained (ver. 7.)Op- pregon infiead of judgment, and infleadof righteoufnefs acry.This was the quitecontrary; and this is the wore way of having our hope in vain. It is Paid (fob 27. 8.) what is the hope of the hy- pocrite, though he bath gained, when God taketh awayhis foul ?' Suppofe a hypocrite haul gained much in this world, yea, fuppofe hehath got or gained all the world, yet what is his hope when God taketh away his foul ? then he will not only find no God, but much trouble, pain, and angui(h, and wrath, and hell for ever- more opon him. When t',hriit faith"(Mat. i6., 26.)" What is a man
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