59 y Chap. , 7. Ata Expofitionupon the Bookof J O B. Vert 4, That a.man inpain looks uponevery time as better to him, than the ]refent time. When I1ie down, Ifay, when (hall Iarife l' 1 hope it will be better withme anon,I hope the day will be better to than the night ;and when the day comes,then hewitheth fornight, hoping the night will be better than theday. An alflithd trouble- fome time is fo defcribed, Deut. 28.67. In the morning thou fh.alt fay, would Godit were Even, and at Even thou ¡halt fay, would God it were Morning ; They thaIl think any thing, or time to come, better to them, then the prefent ; therefore when they had night, they call'd for day, and when they had day, they fent a malinger for thenight, ever thinking the next change oftime, would be friend them with a change in their condition.Obferve, Secondly, Change ofplace giveth no eafe ofpain. .Iam full of tolling! to andfro to the dawningofthe day ; he had changed, and changed, & changed,butcould not change his pain for eafe,t hat continued Bill. Some travel to other Countries to mend their Hates. cIlumnonani Some go from kingdometokingdome to eafe their minds, and cummutat,gui fome to better their mannersibut,ashe that runs to another coon- ironsmore cur- try changeshis aire, but not his heart ; alters place, but not his rtr' manners, the fame is the fame fill : So it brings no health to the fick, no cafe to the pained to change place. As a man fine fick,before he comes to reti and healing in Chriff, toffes from place to place, from this duty to that duty, from this rneanes to that means toget a little eafe for his wounded fpirit and akingconfcieace , he hopeth this will dohim good,and that will doe him good, but all in vain. And as worldly men hope their pleafuresand their riches will do them good, and fo they tots fromone pleafure toanother,frorn creature to creature,but all fails there is no fettlement, no compofednefs, no peace, no redrefs, till the foul fixes upon Chrift. Soin bodily paints, there is no cafe, no refrefhing, but in God : it is not this or that placeof the bed, it is not the bed or the couch, it isnot the Country or the City, a Tharp or a temperate aire can doitiGod can alone,and he can command any creature to do it. You that have months of comfort, and to whom refrefhing nights are appointed, bids God, it is not your bed that gives you reft, but his bletfing. Remember this defcription ofa fickman:prefent the condition, ofa lick man to your thoughts, think what a wearifome thing it is
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