k46 Chap. 7. AnExpefitionupon the Bookof J Og, Verf. 16 ate unfatisfying dayes. That's a Vaine thing, which doth not fa- tisfie; for vanity is emptinefs, and emptinefs can never fill : our dayes are but as a dream. And what is fpokcn in Ifaiab (Chap. 29. 8 ) concerning the dreamer,--is verrafied ofa nicer natural life, It is faith theProphet, As when anhungry man dreameth, and be- boldhe esteth ; but he arrakctb andbisfoul is empty ; or, as when a thirjly dreameth, andbeholdhe drinketh ; but beamaketh andbe- boldbe isfaint ; neither hunger nor thirff can be appealed by dreams, farisfadion comes not in at the door of imagination. Our dayesof themfelves can give us no more fatisfaEfion, no bet- ter a break- faffithena dream ofmeat anddrink de th to a hungry, or a thirfiy man. All creatures are not able tofill one. There is a fatisfaion which comes ro us thorough the creature, but the creature doth not fatisfie : God can make any thing fatis}ie, the leali ofhis creatures fhalJ fill the greateff. He can give us as much, as we expeú from them, that is, look what fatisfaftion a man would have from a creature,that God can givewhen he pleafeth; But the dayes ofman are vanity in this, becaufe we cannot take this fatis"ad1ion our felves from the creat.ure,neither is any crea- ture able togive it us. When creatures have dope their bell, we are hungry and refuels Hill, empty and unfatisfied hill. There is no refi till we return to God, or till God turn Isis face to uf, Fourthly, the vanity ofourdayes appears in this, that they are deceiveable dayes; that's very vain to us which deceives us. And in this great vanity the creature confiiks : it prom foth mach and perforrneth nothing. Great promifès ere made, and hopes are railed very high : Riches will tell us, what they willdo for us ; and honours will tell us, what they will do for us,and how,happy they will make us s and the wine will tell us, Ohow that will re- frtíh us, mnd the Tweet and the fat will cell us,how they will fat - ten All thefe make golden promiles, but leaden performances. They cannot make good what they promife, ualefs they can,with. edit, As Satan faid to Chriil, when he had not fo much as a 'hoe- latches to difpofe of, All t,eis will I give thee: So the creature joyning with our hearts,makes wonderful promifes ofhigh con- tent, and then leaves us moti dilcontcnted,Thir is vanity andvex- ation ofmans fpirit. If the creature were not fo free to eater bond and give us fecurity, for the paiment ofgreat good, it would riot be fo ill with us. If the creature would fay diref.}ly tous, Is is not
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