Chap. 7.. the Expojrtion upontbeBookofI O B. Vert. S. 811 all of your gold, no ufe at all ofyour hiver, no ufe at allof your apparrel, no ufe at all'ofyour goodly houfes,no ufe at all ofyour rich furniture, no ufe at all of your lands, you fhall have no ufe of all thefe good things : confider thtn what it is you lay up, a time is coming when you (hall fay of them all,..d fhall no more fee, I (hall no more ufe and enjoy any ofthefe good things. Thertfore be fo wifeas to improve this time, which paffes like a Weavers fhuttle and ablast ofwinde, to lay up fuch good things, as your eyes íhall fee, whenyou are laid down in the grave ; lay up fpiri- tuai good things, lay up your portion in Chrif1,makc him yours, and then when you dye and lye down in the grave, you may fay, we have good things, yet to fee; our heft fight is to come, even fuch a fight,as eye bath not feeu. Such a fight as to which the glory ofall the Princes of the World is a meer Pageanttry. And fo much of fobs Apofirophe to God. The next verfe is a furtherdefcription of the fateof the dead. Verfe 8: 7 he eye of him that hob feen mepallfee me no more ; thine eyes are upon me, and l am not. In the former verfe,job had Paid his own eyes fhould fee no more good, nbw he faith, that the eyes ofothers (hall fee him no more ; The eye ofhim that bathfeen me,Thal! fee me no more. It is agreat part of the glory and comfort which men take in the World,ro be feen ofmen. As we take in ourcomfort by feeing,fo by being feen. No man would put himfelf into goodly clothing, Panit Fir due, were it not that he goes abroad in company to be feen, and ut fignifet knowes others will be looking upon him. Now as Job féts forth ry n° the vanity of the creature and of this life, becaufe he fhould fee aerrerur od none ofit when hedyed, fo, becaufe when he dyed,others fhould ncmbumanant feehim no more, all his beauty,riches and good things, mutt be qua maximal buried with him.There is an elegancy in putting thefe two toge- aé tv aefe ther, tofee and befeen. Death flopsboth ; it takes us from feeing, cum¡ir and it takes us from being feen. As all the good we have will be jum atpilior rircip fptfará u- hid from our eyes, fo all our glory and excePency will be obfcu- u red from theeyes ofothers in the dark chambers ofthe grave. tenet invita fenfibüi. Aqu. Thine eyes are uponme andI am note Nrequarert bunta quern arpiciatt lob fpeakes of three-fold eye. a. Ofhis owneye, Mine rye ntrurdi- Pall fee no more godd,Verf. 7. !iii a. Of
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