8 Chap. 6. 414 Expefition upon the fiookof J OB, Verf. so, thcr_God will be merciful unto them or no; he will bemerciful to fome (they know; but whether they be the men, is very doubtful. I..may anfwcr fuch from the point, tl.probability.ef fpeeding; it grounder ugbforfeeling. If Chtili fòught for fruit when he faw leaves, becaule it was a thing probable to finde it ; and if there of Temaand Sheba would feek for water, becaufe they .had obfer- ved water in thofe places ; furely then there is ground enoughof Peeking unto God for mercy, though we fuppofè there is but a probability of having mercy.The Prophet perfwades that afflited people, to fall and. humble themfelvcs, upon this ground, Who knoweth ifhe will return and repent(joel 2.)that is,it is very, pro- bable he will returnand repent. Heathen Nineveth, is carried by the fame argument, Dona 3.9.Wbo can tell ifGod will return,& "c, No man is Cure he will not, and though we arc not lure he will, yet let us venture. íl peradventurefrom God,it better thinspromife or an affurancefrom thecreature. alndifprobability be ground t- naugb, what ground. is there afnrance and certainty?and that is the.ground we have of fceki_ng_God ; ifwe leek to him,and wait upon him in.faith, we (hall be fure tofinde,Pfahg. 8.Theexpeüa- tian ofthe poor(hall not perifh. The companies of Tema foHnd.no water, but God is a.living Fountain, whole waters fail not, his banksare alike filled, fummer and winter ; Chri(t is not a water- brook, but a fpring.af waters a .we (hall never mils waterof life,. if we feek to,and.wait upon him for it:And ifwe belcive on him, out of our belliesjhallflow.rivers oflisting waters. joh.7,38.- We have feen the endeavour of thofetroops of Tema, nowfcc how they 1peed,. Verf, 2 ..Tbey were confounded, becaufe ebeybadhoped; ahrycamt thither andwere *anted. The fain is this,they hoped to have found water there, and it greived.and repented them, that ever they had hope to finde wa-- ter there, becaufe there was none to be found;. They were confounded, p;id,t;st ii thewotd fignificsindifferently tobe afhamed in to 'be confoun- faiiii déd,Bc to be confdundéd in regardpfevents,or aaions.The word is very near in found to our Engli(h .abafhed ; it notes alto a waat- ¡ngpale and rtan,when tlíc colour fades and- withers, comet and goer,
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