5S6 Chap. 7. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verc 3. Secondly, Monthsofvanity, becaule he had not whathe expe- ded, or the iffue which he waited for : jobtxprcffes himfèlfin a dacuumrem- poflure of waiting, by the former fimilitudes; The hireling looks . p`H eß,gtw1 for his wages, and I look for fomewhat,but it is in vain, I cannot nuUam ncbiM of. jertutilitatem. enjoy it. So the word isufed, Pfal. 78. 33. where thePfalmifl de- fcribes the finful difiempers of the people of Ifrael, and Gods anger towards them, They beleived not his word, &c. What then ?Therefore their dayes did he conjunte in vanity, and their years in trouble. The dayes ofall men are confumed in vanity, as we Paid before ? but here was fomewhat more judicial and poe- nal ; It is a fore judgement toconfume our dayes in vanity,as that people did As loon as they came out ofEgypt, they were in a fair way to Canaan ; but God leads them about by the wilder- nefs, and there lets them wander out fort y years, expec`ing and waiting for Canaan, but no Canaan came, or they came not to Canaan ; this was the fpending of their years in vanity, be- caufe they were travailing to their defired refl,but enjoyed it not, theywent toyling up and down the wildernefs as in a maze, finds ing no way out, but at the door of the grave ; their carkafes fcil in the wildernefs ; thus their dayes were confumed in vanity. So faith fob, 1 poffefs months of vanity, that is, months wherein I am tired out in continual troubles. and they are fruidefs, ifiue- lets troubles, I'have nofenfible benefit by them, I fee no end of them, my hopes are fruffrate,and put far offfrom me. And are not thefe months ofvartity ? Obferve hence, firfl, Troubles will prevail upon us, whether we will or no. I am made to po efs, &c. As if Job had laid, I would fain have got over thefe months ofvanity, or worn them out, but whether Iwill or no, /ammade to poffefs them. The band; of afflillion, are too ftrongfor the creature to break, : when the Lord fends trouble, he will make a man poffefs it, how difpleafing foever it is ; It beltforus to rubmit, where we cannot remedy,' and to yeeld quietly to that which we cannot avoid. Secondly, Obferve, Troubles come to us, as our natural inheritance. I am made to poffefs months ofvanity, they are as mine inheritance, and I wouldwave my right, but /cannot. There are two parts of our natural patrimony, fin, andfurrow, both there defcend tous, and weare made topoffefs them, till we come to our put-chafed inhe- ritance, refervedin Heaven for us. Obferve thirdly, That, though every mans life bave vanity init,yet fome men have
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