Chap. 7. An Expeftioaupen the $oek of J O B. Vtrf 7. vifon. Much ofthe good which we have in this world, comes in by the fenfe of feeing;and all the good of the next is placed infee- Pfe1H ey a- ing ; therefore'he doth not fay, I thall no more ta(t_ good, or no tint Scrrprurs more feel good,but no more fee good,* becaufe the chitfc(t good, s*hrie,ocrurrunr. eternal good, confifts in vi lion, thereforeproportionably our pre- Per Anato',d -, g oÁ fani l o r tent good doth Co likewüè, poseUioaczn, Sick Hezekiah fpéaks in the language of fick fob ; Ifaid, !fhall qua' invifole notfèe.tbe Lord, even the Lordin the land of the living ; I fhal! coffin alio. . behold man no more, with the inhabitants of the world;Ifa. 5t. t ;rumbonorurn, When Hezekíah thought he ihould die, h_ defcribcs the !tare of poffo réF1é drdnu videre thedead.' by a deprivationofall thofe comforts which are taken in., bona. by the fight of the eye ,hut you will fay,how faith he,Ifhall notfie the Lord ? He doth not fay abfolutely, 1 Jhall not fee the Lord?But with modification, thus, I (hall not fee the Lord, even the Lord in; the land of the living. But did Htzekiah fee' the Lord in the land of the living, or while he.lived ? Yes, as Ma- esfan, him that was invifble, fo did Hezkiah : God makes him- felt vilìble to his Saints in this life: Though God cannot be.fcen in his el-fence in Heaven, much lets on earth, yet he is feen in his works, in the alas ofhis providence, and in his ordinances ; we mayfee the goings ofGod in the SanOuery, and behold the beau- ty of the Lord,while we enquire in his Temple, Frain; a7. 4, So that whenHezekiab faith , ! (hall notfee the Lord in the . land of the living; hismeaning is, I (hall not behold God in his great works, and in the ordinances ofhis holy worthip,and in the Con- gregations of his holy people. In-all thefe God is vilible, and molt in the lalt.; and therefore he faith, IPA. beholdmanna more,witb the inhabitants ofthe world; God is vifible in all creatures, but molt in man, and among men, moti in Saints, and among his Saints mot!, when they meet in the çomly order of.his houle and worthi.p,; The ignorant and unlearned coming into fucha facred throng, fees fo muchofGod, that he is convinced and goes away reporting, that God is in themofa truth. In t.briJt it feen the brightnefs ofhis ,Fathers glory, and in the.Saints much ofthe beau- ty ofit isfeen, .Chrijt is. theexprefi image ofbis perfön, and its the Saintsfomeeting, much of his.image ir. exprefed. _. Firtt,in that Job betakeshimfelftoGod,Q remember that my.life is wind, &c. Obferve, That In our diftrefes it is better to cry to and, then to complaine to creatures. God is ufually,the lati, but he is alwayes the best re- fuge, 07,
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