634 Chap q. AnExpofition upon tbeBookof J Q$, Verf. 13. a down pillow : If God fay to a prifon give fuch. a man ref}, he (hall find refs there : IfGod (peaks to bonds and fetters,give fuch a man content and pleaCure, he shall find not only contentment, but pleafurc in bonds and fetters : ifGod fay to flames offire,re- fresh fuch as are cal} intoyour armes, the fire will obey him, and rcfrcíh them: the mol} probable means cannot help us of them- felves, and a word from God wii.I make the moil improbable meanes helpful tous, yea that which is dcfttuf,}ìve (hall fave us. For as God cañ-cteate that good for us, which is at;fent, fo hecan (as it were) uncreate the evil that is prefent ; Providence cart take away or fufpend that hurting and deltroy ing power which creation gave no creature isable to help or tohurt, if God forbid and lay his reltraint upon it. Bread cannot nourifh, or cloathe s warme us, if he fay they (hall not; poyfon (hall not kill or Fire burn us, ifhe fay they (hall not. Mans flying is but Paying; GodsPaying is doing. Man may fay to his bed, comfort me ; tohis riches and honours, content me; to his wife and children,pleafe me ; to wine and mufick, make me merry he may lay his eons. wand, or fend his defires to all creatures, and yet remain comfort- ids , contentlefs,mirthlels. Plealure it fell will not pleale him, nor the having of his will, fatisfie his mind at his own laying or bidding. Obferve in the fourth place; That reft and jeep , are from the efpecial bleffing (f God. When I -laid to mybed, do it, the bed could not, fleep is not from a loft bed, or from an eafie couch. Pfá 1. 122. For be fo giveth bis beloved(Jeep ; that is, sleep with quietnefs, or extraordinary quiet refrething (Jeep ; which tome cave noted in the Grammar ofthe text ; The Hebrew word Shena, for íleep, being with ( Alepb ) a quiet or refling letter, otherwife than is ufual in that language. He giveth (leg) to his .Jedidiahs, is the word is there alludingto one ofthe namesof Solomon,the Lord giveth fleep f rnecimes as a love token `to his beloved : The connedion i s fomewhat obfcure, the words before run thus, It is in vain f or you to rife up early, to fit up late, to eat the bread of furrow, for fo he givethhis beloved fleep ; how is fleep a confequent offruit- lefs labour , and eating the bread offorrow, thefe rather hinder peep. Some relent to the word of the fist} verfe, Except the Lord build the bottle, they labeur in vain that built it ; except She Lord keep the City, the watchmen wakethbut in vain, for fo be givethbis beloved ¡Jeep, the Lord watches and takes a care of_a City
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