Chap. 6. An Expofition upon theBook, ofJ O B. Verft9. in the pa the ofDedanirtt : thus here, The woes of Tema, or the Troops of Tema and the companies of ,Sheba, waited and look- ed in,thefe places for water, and (as it followeth) they found none. The Troopsof Tema looked. Why did they look ? why did they wait for thofc ftreams? They had teen plenty of water there,and therefore being thinly they looked and waited for water. Note hence firft, That thefenceoofwant carries us out to look for a remedy. The troops ofTema looked; after what? after the dreams of brooks; why ? becaule they were parched with thirft. They that are thirfty will be looking for a fiream, for a River ; they that are hungry will be enquiringafter bread. As it is in natural, tò in fpiritual things; when once the foul is parched and thirfly, Oh how it longs for the rivers ofmercy, for the Breams of confola- tion l it looks and waits for them too. As the heart panteth af- ter the water brookr , fopanteth myfoul after tbee 0 God, myfout thirffethfor God, for the living God, Pfalm42. a.' 2: That's the reason why lob inftances in Tema and Sheba, becaüfe they were often difrcf'ed in their travelfor want of Water. Secondly Ob- ferve, That probability offpeeding, isgroundenoughforfeeking anden- deavouring. Theft troops of Tema looked, and as they looked they fearched fir waters; they waited, becaule it was probable that they thould find water; where they had observed water. As (Mat. ,21-19 .) Chrilf himfeifwhen he was an hungry, faw a fig- tree afar off (faith the Text) having leaves upon it; a hg- tree having leaves, in probability had fruit alto : becaufe the fig-tree (as Naturali[is observe) puts forth her fruit afroon as her leaf, therefore when Chrift taw leaves upon the fig-tree, it. was an argument that there was fruit too; and whereas Mark faith, For the time of figs was not yet, he means the time of in-gathering figs : So that, the Tree having leaves (hewed it might have fruit growing, and the time of gathering figgs not beingpafl,both there were ground enough for the LordChrift to go and leek fruit upon it : For in this he aced according to rule of humane reafon , not of Divine omniscience. Ma- nyobject againfl feeking of God, and humbling themfelves "be fore him; it is a thing doubtful, whether ever they (ball (peed, whether ever they (hall Linde, or no; they know not whoa T t t 2 thex ,5 ®7
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