65i Chap 7. An Expofition upon sheBeokof O B. Nerf. 17' is peately ; magnified he is magnified in the opinionofothers;& not only in the bare opinion ofothers,but there is a real dignity put up- on that man, on whom a King puts his heart. How much more it God fets his heart upon man, is man really magnified. That God fets his eye upon a man, isa magnifyingof him. It was the privi. ledge of Salomons Temple, that the Lord promifed his eye would be upon that place ; and it was a high honour to the Temple, that God would look upon it continually, r King. 8. 2y. 1f it be a condefcenfionfor God to eye the creature, He humbled, himf'elf to behold she things that are in heaven andin the eartio,Plil. 1 13. 6. How great is this condefcenlion in letting his heart upon the crea- ture. So there is a truth in this fence,- and we may make a comma fortable improvement uric, What is man that tbou /houldef$ mag- nife him, byfelting thine heart uponhim ? Secondly , Job may have refpef} to hi former greatnefs, when God magnified him, and made nim the greateft man in the Eaft ; and is now be-moaning his own change, in the changeabienefs ofmans condition ; who, when he is lifted up to the higheft, farelybuilt and adorned, yet in a mumen t may be call down and gorjuminme ruin'd. Therefore Job comes with his wonder, Lord, what is Tecupletando man ! What is the ordinary (late of man, that thou thouldelt tuamoperram take care to make him great ! As if he had ,laid, why didit thou p fuifi,tuam magnifie me tomake me the greateft man in the Ealt? Why didit providentiam thu fet thine heart upon me, to biefs my family, provide for sfiendiiqua- P Y Y P re mead eum me,-as if thou hadit none elfe to provide for ? Thou feat mans fatutnevexifit beauty is blalted in the twinckling of an eye, and then all thy inquaporfifle' work is loft. It is not worth the while to doe that, which may rcnanpoteratn be undonejo loon. Would any one be at colt to build a houle, to beftow a great deal ofcharge & pains upon it, and it may be fpend Tome years about the adorning and furnifhing of it ; and when _ all's done, it is fuch a houle, that the next breath of wind may le- vel with the ground. What is fuch a houfe, that a man fhould build it ? When man is raifed up and built, a puffof wind, a blafr of of hiF ion blowes him down, and brings him to the duff ; what is this man, that he fhould be magnified ? This is a good fence of the words that Job refleuing upon his former greatnefs, and honour, now defaced and overthrowne, breaks out into this ex- -poftulation ; what is man ? Why fhould God in his providence lay out fomuch tomagnifieand fc t a man up,who maybe fo quick lydown, as you fee I am at thisday. But
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