22 Chap. 4. An E,xpojtion upon the Booltof O B. Ve f6; to God no creature muff inare in it. This is worlhip commanded in the first precept, thou (halt hive no other Gods before tree. Whatfoever we confide in,unlefs it be in fabordination unto God, eve snake it our God. And it is otie of the hi ,heft a'as of the foul, not only as we refpeft the taking in, our own comforts, but alt.() the giving out, glory unto God. This confidence is well cou- pled with holy tear; the more we fear'God fo, the more we trut( him ; fuch fear is the mother and nurfe of confidence : But con- fidence is dirrtly contrary, yea cantradictory to carnal fear ; he that truth God. indeed, leaves both foul and body, temporal and eternal eflate with him, without ever fending a fearful thought, or a jealous look after either. It followes : And the ttprightnefs of thy :ayes.] It is the word ufed in the defcription of Job, Cap. a. a. There it is in the concrete, perfeçl, i'i psi here in the abftract, uprigbtnefi : Wemay read it, IS not this the Linea ,agutá, perfeElion of thy wayes? Uprightnefs is the Saints perfeftion in fie veteres He- this life. Uprightnefs may have a double notion, Firft, as it br.eideducunt. refpeds the fincerity of cur hearts towards God ; Secondly,as it Videnur .'wafer refpet$s the juftice and equity ofour actions, towards man. In enntfiat magna both fenfes we may extend it here ; Thou trait been reported for rerbunt afar aperfect man,now ifthou art perfect in thybeirtg,rhou wouideft pgpe, nietirues be perfect in thy working; if thou wert upright in thy nature, ad experimen- thou wouldeft be upright in thy ad-ions ; Now confider thy dam `nDattam uprightncfs or perfcf,}ion, is not this the perfection ofthy wayes? verbi pú` is not this all, even that lately difcovered in thy impatient corn- tentisot , 4 ftuaum tllud plainings? (y vagust do_ And tby Ièpe.1 That wörd is derived two wayes. Fi froth rnetuum, term a root which fignifieth a Iine,rule ör *teafure , fo in Gen. r. 9. faperfickartet- Let the waters Under theHea`vens begsthered together ittto one place, rnotcuans the word lignifies a gathering togetherby rule, as if God by that tt&ul/im a&,had meafuied out the water (that unruly,turbulent,wandrin p'pendiculum element) and had brought.itinto compafs,by a rule or line, which is :mum locum it could not exceed Or g0 be vend, withóut pormi í1lion er cömmif fofg`t' hutus Fagi fion from hiinfclf:there6 y giving us a mighty P roofofhis alnii h g- ur,tnprim. ca ty power and infinite wi&}0in. Só %me tranflatc the word here, put Gen. taking it to be derived from that root, 1s not this thy rule ? Is riot this the rule,t'hat thçu,hail heretofore walked by,i hatforver thou fiaft pretended?is ti t this the uptiglifnëfs oFth,y wayes thé cflúrfë er meafure by 'whtcjt' ill uhaft diref cd,'fquared th'y lïtp , .$lit fccondly; rather the word is derived fröta3 (Xavä'b) which fignifi-
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