9,7o F Chap, 42. tein Expofition upon the rook of J o o. Verf, t r. holes of a leakingvefiel, if we flop three or four, and leave but one, we indanger all the liquor in the veffel ; you were asgood flop none at all, as not flop all : fo it is in this cafe therefore fee howwifely, fobs friends carried ir, Theycomforted him over all the. evil, which the Lord.bad brought uponhim. And all that was theevil of fuffering. The Lord is the bringer of fuch evils upon all that Puffer them, even upon his dearefl and moil faithful fervants ; thefe evils come from him who is only, good, and altogether good : The Lord takes thefe evils to him- , felf, I create cm (Ito. 4ç. .)and faith the.Prophet. (Amos 3.6.). Shall therebe evil in a City, and the Lordbath not done it r As the Lord owns thefe kind of evils,fo we honour God inacknowledg- ing him the Author of them. Or croffes are of God, as welt as our comforts; our poverty, as well as our riches ; our ficknefs,, as well as our health. This point hash occurred more than once from other paffages in this Book, and therefore.I (hall adde no. more now., This was the third labour of love which the brethrenof job be- flowed upon him, They comforted him over all the evil which the the Lord hadbrought upon him. Yet this was not all, they did not only beflo;v a moutbfu of good words upon him (I fpeak not lightly of good words, they are a weighty piece of charity) Good wards are much better ( as was toucht before) than gold and flyer, and may be much more beneficial and ufeful to the receiver, than thoufands of gold and (Aver : Yet, I fay, Jobs friends did not only beflow a mouthful of good words upon him, for the removal of his inward grief; but they brought their handsfulof good things to beflow upon him,for the makingup of his outward loffes and this was the fouath aet or office of love which they did him, as it followeth, Everyman, alfo gavehim a piece ofmoney, andeveryone an ear-ring of gold. fierewas realkindnefs,.as well asverbal. Though good words (as wasfaid) be a great charity, yet 'cis no charity to give nothing but good words where more is needed, antes this be our cafe, *at have nothing more to give. The charity of forne it
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