.6 83 Chap. 40. anExpoftion elan the Boo, of J o B. Verf, 9, Some read the words thus ; Will he be call down even at the fight of him ? and they give this meaning of it. Will the Levia- thanbe call down at the fight of a man, when he cometh pre- pared to cake him ? Thou thinkeft Leviathan a poor fpirited fiíh; or that he will be afraid of thy Iooks, or to fee thee, as other fifties are, who when they fee or apprehend a man near, {cattle away, as we fay ; but thou wilt find Leviathan is a fifh that will not be afraid at the fight of thee. This is a good fenfe,bur.Icon- ceive that before given more futable ; that the fight of Levia- than, or a Leviathan, as loon asPeen, is fo terrible, that a man will be thicken with fear as loon as he Teeth him. Shall not one be cafe detvnat thefight of hires? Hence nc te, Firt} ; Thelight of the eye workleth mach upon the heart. TheLord faith nor,Shall not one be call down by theforce of him,. but,as the veryfight of him.The eye hash a mighty operation upon the inward man, yea, upon thewhole man ; the eye hash a mighty force upon the heart as to three things. Firf}, It hath a mighty force upon the heart as to joy. If we fee á perfon that we have a great deal of love for, hówdo we re- ?oyceprefentlyat the fight of him! 'Tis true allo of things. It is .aid of Jacob(ggen. 45. 27.) When he faw.the wagorí which Jofephhidfeat to carry him, hie fp tit revived; it put a new life intohim, to fee that which gave him much a.fl'urance, that he fhculd fee a perfon that was the delire of his eyes, his beloved Con fofeph; it revived the old man, and made him even young a- gain. And as a pleating fight made old Ttcob,as it were, begin to live again; fo old Simeon rejoyced fo much at the fight of Chrifi, thathe had done with living, or had enough of it , and therefore aïd, New lettofl then thy fervant depart in peace, for mine Ayer have feen thyfalvation ; that is, he had feen Chriti with the eye of his body, and he had a fight of Chrifi by the eyeof his faith; this fight lifted him above all things feen. A fenficive fight of good, cloth very muchshear, refreeb,and rejoyce the heart,much more an intelleaual fight ; how much Both the fight of faith re- frefh the foul, and caute us to rejoyce ! It is Paid of believers, They with joy rsnfpeakable andglorilar, at the fight which they-
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