436 Chap. 6. An Expofitionupon the Bookof J O B, Verf._q, when God fends there arrowes, and arrayeth filch an army ofter- tours againil you, tire and fword, bone and gout, yea, Bell it felfe ( to pretent apprehetìtion ) is a pleafure.Manyunder thole affaults,have thought theyShould gain by the exchange,and have withed to be in Hell, fo they might be out ofthofe terrours. Few believe this, but they who have had experience of it. Ai the beof thefpirit, fa the terrours of the fpirit, are fecrets unto molt; As the Prophet fpeakes concerning thofe carnal ones in his time, If one prophecy unto them of wine and irong drinke,_ he jhallevcu be the prophet of his people. To prophefie, or to fpeake unto lone ofriches, and ofhonour, and ofpleafure, they find fome raft in chili things, this ii wine and firong drinks unto them, there is fame relifh in thefe things, they underhand what you meane ; but if you fpeake unto them of joy in the holy Ghoh, of peace of confcience, of the refrefhings which are had in commu- don with Chrift, they underhand not the language, they know not what is meant. So, on the other fide, ifyou would-be a Pro- phet, or fpeak, or preach to fome of fire and fword, of fpoiling and plundering theirehates, preach to themof pluage and pelli fence; preach to them of the gout,and of the iione,of burning lea- vèrs,and languifhing confumptions;thcy undcrttand thefe,and are afraid , they even tremble to beare you fpeak of thefe things: but preach tg themofthe arrowes of the Alm, 'hot into the fpi- rit, of the terrours of God let in arrayagàintt them ; preach to them of trouble ofconfcien,and the hiding of Gods face, they finile at there things, they wonder what you would have, they know no fuchmatters.Spiritual good or evil, isfildome kyonne till felt, yea neither ofthem is kmonn ( to purpofe' ) till it is felt Spiritual troublesare as Iittle knowne, till- felt, as fpiritual ;oyes are : The natural man perceives none of thefe things of God, he cannot know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned : A.nd there is as much fpiritualnefs evidenced in difcerning fpiritual forrowes and a'h;Gtions ( our own or others ) as there is indifccr ning our own or others fpiritual ¡oyes and, confolations. I thall adde a word here to thole, who live fecurely, in, or dally with their tins ; Surely, ifJob here in the text ; if Davidoften in -the Pfalmes, and Roman ( Pfal SS. r5. ) cryeth out, While I hitter thy terrours 1 am difirabied ; If thefe cried out thus of the terroursand arrowes of God, then, ( I fay) Sinners, and fecure tries, what wiliyou.4.oe, when God binds his bow) and opens his
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