294 Chap. An Ex o ttioa upon the Book of J O B. q pS P 1 P Verf. tq They meet with darknefs in the light. There is a double light nectfl'ary to the feeing,or difeòveryof a thing. FirfLan external light, And fecondly, an internal light. External light is of theMedtorn or place,in which we fee:the air muffbe enlightned:Intcrnal light is,of the Organor intlrumenc by which we fee ; the eye mutt be enlightned.Though there be much light in the air, ablind eye fees nothing. So the meaning oftheft' words may be explained [They meet with darknefs in the day eime]though thefe men have outward lighr,though thebufi- nefs they are about beplain, a altar cafe (as we (peak ) yet they are fo darkned in their underflandings,that they cannot appre- hend or make it out.The Idol fhepheard is threatned with this woe,Zach.11.17. Thefwerd(hall be upon his arm ( his power (hall be broken)and uponbis right eye ( his underftanding(hall be dal k- ned) The Idol fhepheard, !ball be like an Idol having eyes, but feting not; He was before a blind Seer, fiufully, and now he !hall be a blindSeer judicially. As that wiclted Priefl, Iodide wicked Politici- ans in the text,thall havea fword upon their right eye, a wound in the belt of their undert}andings, which fhall makethem alto blind Seert,and make the light to be darknefs roundabout them, The latter claufe clears it further. Theygrope at noonday, as in the night. Palpare inme- e ridieefl c.eco Te grope at noondays is the defcription of a blind matl.For what periphraf,s. the eye is toa man that fees,the fame is the hand to a man that 'cocoa tentat cannot fee. A man that fees, looks his way , but a blind man CpalparMa- feels it,his hand is inflead ofan eye to direet his way. They as it rasa antegusai iSPaid in the text,Gropeat noon-day , at in the night. When the pPerdeeebm nefr j mera- Sodomites were fmittcn with blindnefs, They wearied them f elver nits cie ecu- to find the door of Lots hours, Gen. 0.11. And when the Phili- horumufut & dines had put out Sampftn, eyes, and he was brought to make minißeria, them mufick at their feaft,he Paid to the lad that held him by Sam9.in5a.19; the hand,Soffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the ;mule flandetb, &c. he could not fee them, but he could grope or feel them our. Groping infers either want of light, or want of fight. Thefe in the text,had light enough, therefore the failing was in their eye.Tey gropeat noon.day.This fearful judgment the Lord threatens againí} his own people,Dcut.i 8.29. Thou lhait grope at noon day,ou the blindgropetb in darknefs, And it was brought upon them,
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