Chirp. 7, An Expefrtioaupon the Book of JO B. Verf. r 2. 62' forrowes and tickneffes. So he cornplaines, Chap. 3. 27 Thouput self my feet alfoin the flocks, and lookeff narrowly to it mypatbe,, thouJetteJ* a print upon the heeler ofmyfeet. it is laid of the woman (Luke 13. 16.) that Satan hadboundher eighteenyeares the was bound with thecords of that infirmity, and kept as a poor 'prifo. ner thole many yeares. From all we may coiled the fence formerly hinted, that Job expoftulatcs with God for uting him after the manner ofa whale or a lea, as ifhe were a man fo unruly, that no- thitgcould tame and quiet him but(Tuch a revere courfe, as ísaufed with bea(is, or, as if he were a vexer and a devourer of his 'lace- thrcn, a very enemy, to mankind. Oblerve fromhence, Fill, in that lob faith, Am I afea, or a whale that thou fetit ff a watch over mt The providence ofGod watches over all hie creature. ; All their motions are by his permiffion, orcommiffion, they ftir not but by his leave. The providence of God is his watch, and therefore it is called the eye of Providence ; and providence hath fuch an eye as never fleeps nor flumbers ; and therein lyeth our tecurity,that we have a providential eye open for us, when ours ate (hut and wea (Jeep. Secondly, ob(erve, God expreffer moJf care to keep tbofe creatures from hurt. ing man, which are moli apt to hurt man. We fee Job inflames in thefc two byname, the lea and the whale, and tells us,, that God puts aguard upon them, he watches the leaf} creatures, but it Beaks moll Cecurity to man, tohear that thefe are under a watch. TheLord watches over all wicked rnen,that they should not hurt his pcople,but fuch ofthem as are mofi harmful, who arc veryfiat andwhale.;, men who would (wallow and drown his people with a delugeof rage and malice, over thefe the Lord watches in a fpe- cial manner. His eye of jealoufie (which is alwayes awake)is lure ly wakeful upon thefe. As the Lord hath a fpccial eye upon the Saints to do them good, fo he hath ;a fpecial eye upon the wicked,that they do nohurt or no more, then (hall turn togood( Hence the Pfalmift admonifhes all, and it may have a- p,rticular application to wicked men, Pfal. 32. 9. Beye not as the borfe, or as the mule which have no senderffanding,.whofe mouth muff be beldin with bit and bridle, left they come near unto thee.. If the Lord fees men fo bruti(h, tha they will not beruled by reafon, he will rule them by rigour,. He bath a whipfor ski Hof, abridle- L111 fo!
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