Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Book,e ofJ O B. Verf; 6; 4q.'t they put themfelvcs by fo much inferiour to bcafbb, by how much they were placed above them. The Pfalmift charges it fadlyup ill himfelk,that he walked in the (phcar of a bcaff, Sa faolifh was I and ignorant, lmat a bea/iz before cha (PIa1.7 ,, z How fadly then (hall they becharged, who walk in a Iphcar In low beafts,who are morefoolifh and ignorant than a beaD. Take heed of complaining without caufc ; is beafts arc fatisficd with what is agreeable to naturr,man fhonld be fo much morc;tt1btn Natter: barb not enough, Grace path all. Grace will not bray or low, when there is no grafs, mo fodder : furely then, They have a Icarcity of grace in their hearts,who bray and low over their grafs and fodder. Spiritual accommodations will make a good heart forge t temporal incommodiries; and it is reafon . they th >uld God promifeth(I(. 30.20.)T-bough /giveyea the bread ofal. verfity and the water of aff lion, yet thy teachers fhall no more be re- m. ved into a corner, bat thine eyes ¡hall fee thy teachers. As if he had laid, though your bodies arc rout fely fed, yet your fouls fhall be feafled ; good cheat fhall daily be (erved into them, both at your eyes and ears, Thine eyes fhall fee thy teachers and thou Malt bear a voice behind thee. Thy fight and thy hearing fhall be rem fre(laed with heavenly Meffengers and good news from heaven. Now befidcs this promife cxpreft,there is a duty implycd in the text,nameiy,that bccaufe their fpirits were to well fed, therefore they mull norcomplain,though their flelhcome (port in feeding,, The bread of affil+FEion [build be pleafane so us, while we eat yofprldain.. ties. In there times God gives more plenty of (piritual food than formerly, yet many complain becaufe their natural bread is fhortned;remember beafts complain nor,whcn they have what is fuirable to nature,then let not Chriftians complain when they have what is fuirableto grace,though nature have but (parediet-, and (hors commons. Ver(. 16. Can that which is uhfavoury be eaten without fait. He proceeds to another fimilirude ic is,as if job had faid,Na- ture will complain, when it wants mear, yea oftentimes na- ture will complain, when it wants. pleafant meat. Nature is not plea(cd if it want agrain of fait, if it have not fame, it is not fa- tisficd. Therefore', furely I am robe born with, and not ro be charged thus deeply, whocomplain ; when you offer me that which isunfavoury,when yougiive 1 meat without fait,with- ouz
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