Chap. 42. t/4// Expofition upon the -Book of j -o B. Vert, . z t, 963 cheer : So that bread and water may implyplenty,as well as bread Pr figurat hie alone. Yobs friends 7obusChrilum Did eat bread with him. Not the bread of mourners (as tome i'o¡l sefttrrefli°' nom, honoribtm expound) of which we read (Peat. 26. r4. Hof. 9.4.) but reflitutum, ho- the bread of rejoycers. I (hall not omit to mind the Reader of noratomnontan- what one of the Ancientsmeditated upon this pottage. 7-ob (faith turn ebJlpoflolis, he) doth here prefigure Chrifl after bis refurreilion, reflared to his fed edampatri- honours, and honoured,not onlyby his Apofilesbat alToby the fathers, bus Jud ris ct both Press andGentiles ; the faithful flocking tohim, and teeing' in Gentilsburde. f $ libm, et in do- with him in bis haute the Church there withforraw remambrtsg his moejus E ifel: a fufferings, and in that heavenly Court eating with him :be bread of conrivantibus, life. Chriaafter his refurrtdion called his Apoftles toeat bread 1' Lltonem ipltus with him ; as here, after jobs reffitution,which may becalled his o {en äbus et in refurredion,'ris faid, All his friends came and did eat bread with eælefli sulacum him in his beefe, ip;oparer vita Hence Note ; eomefluris. Forfriends to eat, yea, to feaft Joberly together, is not only law- Gjeg9r i© r. fool, but fomtimes a duty. The creatures are given to us, not only for our necef,y, but for our comfort,and to maintain fociety. Solomon faith ( Eccl. S. z ç.) Then !commended mirtb,becaufe a man bathno better a thing under the Sun, than to eat, anddrink, and to be merry. He fpeaks not ofa fenfual mirth and eating, like voluptuous Epicures, but of eatingwith gladnefs and finglenefs of heart, as 'cis noted of the Primitive Saints (Ads 2.46.) There is no worldly thingbetter than to eat anddrink withfebriety in the ufe of the creature, and with finglenefs of heart one towards another. To ufe what we have, is better than thebaying ofit. Toeat together is good, with thefe limitations or cautions. Firf ,if weear to the glory of God(' Cor. 1o. 31.) Secondly, if we ear with joy in God (Eccl. 9.7. ) Thirdly, if we eat talimg and remembring the goodnefsof God (Petit. 6.11, t 2. ) Fourthly, if weeat fearing to offendGod, and wrong our (elves with accefs (Prey. 23. 1, 2. Luk.2r.34.) Fifthly, if we bave a fenfeof the afflictionsof others ( Amos 6. 6.) efpecially of thofe who have nothing to eat. Sixthly, if weeat with thankfulnefs, or giving thanks to God,who fatisfies our hun- ger ( Mark8. 6. Jobn 6. r i .) Seventhly, if we eat with char'-- tablenefs, giving a portion ofwhat wehave in plenty,to thofe that are in want and hungry ( jam. 2.1 5,16. ) Gggggg 2 Again,
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