Chap. 7. 44 Expefitton upon the Book of J O B. Nerf. 21. and unadorn'd all.the other Cities of the Empire , to beaus ifieand adorn that:God Teems to take off from all men in the world, to lay it on, upon his people ; The very gleanings of thofe mercies which his people have, are better then the whole vintage of the world And the Lord is therefore a fpecial Saviour to his people, becaufe, Firfl,They are more precious than the refl of the world, and that calls for moft care,which hath moll wort h.Aman takes more care of his Jewels, then of die lumber in his houfe Theft are mJ jeweli,faith God(Mal.3.;Aman carries his Jewels about him, or keeps their in a Cafe Cabinet. Secondly, Nearnefs of relations calls for that care; will nor a man pteferye his Wife, his Spoufc ? The Church is the Spank of Chrifl: Will not a man preferve his children ? if his houfe be on fire, bring my children out faith he : theheart of God is towards his children, he muff provide them a portion. Yea they arc his portion, he makesa revenew of them (Dent., 2. 9.) Amanwill preferve his revenew, that wherein his eflate lies : All tha(God bath onearth (though he bath fuch a fulnefs in himfeif , char he needs nothing from his Church,yct all that he bath) he is pleafed to fay,he bath it from his Church : and therefore God is laid to be great in Zion ; He is the fame great God all the world over, but it apcars not fo, whathe is, to the men of the world,as to the Saints in Z;on it doth : yea he is little in the eye of the world , in comparifon of what he is in Zion, therefore he takes great care to preferve his Zion. Laflly obferve. The preferving care of god over man, efpeciatly over that man, ever hie own people , is a perpetual care. Prefervation is a conti- nued aft, if God thouid leaveus one moment, and flop Pro- vidence, Creation would be diflolved : This continuance of his care, is eminent toward his Church , Ifa. 27. `3. leali any hurt it , I willkeep it night and day. Night and day divideall time between them:to do a thing night and day,is to doit continualiy,Pfal. r2 r. 4. He that keepeth tfrael, neither iambretb nor fleepeth; A Humber is lets then a deep; bu: God will not fo much as as Humber in his thoughts towards us,allhis,are waking thoughts. Further,his love is without intermiffion, that knows no flops nor breaches there- fore his care is fo too. His peoples dangers are without intermif- fion,therefore his prefervation is fo too. Enemies oppofe his peo- ple without intermifron, therefore he prot'6s them fo too. The Devil goteb about like a roaring Lien, he ¡s ever in moon , be geetb
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