934 Chap. -42. an Expofition upon the Bo&of j o E. Verf. Io, through fire and through water. The hand of God led them in that fire and water of afflit&ion, through which they went ; but who led them out ? The Pfalmifl tells us, in the next words,Tbou broughtefl no into ,twealthy place ; the Margin faith, into swift place. They were in fire and water before. Fire is the extremi- tyof heat and drinefs; water is the extremity of moifinefs and coldnefs. A mo,fi place notes a due temperament of hear and cold , of drinefs and moifinefs, and therefore elegantly (ht- dows that comfortable an contentful condicion,intowhich the good hand of God had brought them, which is fignificantly ex- preffed in our tranflation , by a wealthy place ; chofe places fleuri(hinr, moll in fruitfulnefs,and fo in wealth, which are nei. ther over-hot nor over-cold, neither over-dry nor over- moil{. And as in that PfalmDavid acknowledged the hand of God in this, fo inanother, hecelebrated the Lards power and goodnefs for this (Pfd. 68. 2o.) He that is our god is the CJed of falvatiene and ante God the Lord belong the iffues from death; that is, the out-lets or out-gates from death, a c from theLord ; he deli- verech from the °rave, and from every grief. TheLord turned . be captivity of job , not only p efervinghim from death, but filling him with the good things and comforts of this life. Thiidly,Note ; The Lord can faddenly hake a changeor turn, As he can quicklymake a great change from profperity to ad- .verfity, and in a moment bring darknefs upon chofe who injoy the .fweetefi light ; fo he canquickly make a change from adverfity to profpertcy , from captivr, y to liberty, and turn the darkef} sight into a morning light. For fuch a turn theChurch prayed (Pfal. 126. 4.) Turn again our captivity, O Lord, ar the fireaass in the foutb, that is, do it fpecdily. The fouth is adry place, thither fireams come, nor by a flow, confiant currant, but as mighty fl;eams , or land- floods, by a fudden unexpe&ed rain ; like that ( a K.rngs t$, 41, 4S.)Get theeup (laid eliab toAhab) for there is a fundof abotend4nceof rain, and profontly the heaven was blae(;, witk clouds and wind, and therewas a great rain. When great rains come, after long drought, they make fudden floods acid (frescos. Such a (adder incomeof mercy, or deliverance from
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