Chap. 5 An Expofition upon ibe Book of 3 O f. r 7. 319 God, 1 Sam 28. 15. I am fore diftrtffed, for the Philiflinee make ware again(! Mee, and God it departed from me. When trouble corncs,andGod dcparts,whcn fickncts and poverty make war upon a man,and God bedeparted fromhim.Ohow happy,I what words can exprcfs the unhappincfs of fuch a man.But they whocan take liberty, and etlacc,and life from us,cannot take God fromus ;and if God thould take all thefc from us he will not, he cannot(bccaufe he bath promifed he will not)cakc him[clfc from us. I (faith the Lord)wili never leave tbee,nor forfaloe tbee,Heb.I 3.5. And if God for[ake usnot, happinefs cannot, for he is our hap- pinefs, AHeathen could fay,it was unbecomming a Raman fpirit,to cry outfin his loffes)I am undone,whilcCafar w is [aft; It is infinitely below a Chriflian (pint, to fay, I am undone, whileChrij ii (a;e ; filch language is grcffcf} barbarifmc in all the Churches. They who cannot look either their fouls or their Saviour in the worli condition, cannot beunhappy in any condition, much Iris then under the fatherly corre&ing hand of God. Behold happy is the can wham God corrt(`l-s,is a truth which no flormesof trouble (hall ever (hake or weaken. Therefore defptfc not thou the ebafeninf of the alimighty. That's atJtiâS'ign { the inference. carjpernere,¡1. Theword which we tranflate [dafpife] hath various fignificati- flidire, repro. ons,and they will all be profitable for theclearing of this point : bore ret ret;ce. therefore I (hill open them difl-inaly,and give fome briefe notes aliquiii ticure fafre lidia, n. upon every one:in order guamvile f, Fit-a, It *fignifies to rejc& a thing,or cafl it off with loathing, eaterapttt^t. when a mans ffomack turnes againfl force meatt., or they goc Sept. againß his fiomack, loathing arifes from it. So the word is ailed, fteddunt ati. Numb. 11, w. when the peoplemurmured becaufe they wanted qnd',Ps!' fl&efh, God threatoech them with fatisfying their detires ; Firth ¡;te per dam. would you have ? %ou [hall have flt(b : it is a threat, But how raíru, ne re flail they have it ? Teat (ball not have it one day, nor twi ¿ayes, ru ae atit aver- nor five ¿ayes, neither ten ¿ayes, nor twenty ¿ayes ; but you. (ball fe,o. have fietb, even d whole mouth, anti /l it come one of your noflrtlt, t fct:t fa,3i_ a d it be loath orneunto you, or tilt yew our tiv s dt i e ir.. Ir is d :il "f"`t f y, y l 1 fP f Deus aptunas, exofl juflwith God, that they who loath bit will, (howl¿ ai lafI loath iraetiamfafli. ' their orlon de/iret. And that the creatures thould not long pleaf'e dio iuH lot them,who take no heed to pleafe theCreator. The leafs mixture t¡oat,trX, of Gods difplcafure,fowres our fweetcfl contents,and makes our 1°" 'pfors`m tpt.a_r.. very pleafures loath 14V here
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