701 Chap. 7. An Expoflion upon the Book of J O B. Ver(., 2 O. receive it, or unable to bear it. John 16. z. I have many tbinds yet to fay unto low, Qbat you cannot bear them now , therefore I will defer, until you have got more flrength : Si God faith of a yc,:ung Chriftian, one that is newly come in ; thou haft great affiir`tions to undergo before thou dicfi, but thou art not fit to bear them yet, I will defer thy tryal till thou -arc grown more hardy , through more communion with me, to fit thee for that encoun- ter. As our Lord Chrift told Peter (John 21, 18. When tb watt young thougirdefl thy 'elf , and wálkedli whether thou wouldeft but when thou ¡halt be old, thou (halt flretch forth thy hands an; another ¡hall gird thee , and carry thee whether thou woselief, not, That is, when thou wait young and unexperienced , thou en- j )yedit thy liberty ;boc when thou (halt be grown elder in years, and ftronger in grace,thou (halt willingly ftreth forth thy hands, and d tietly (offer thy (elf to be bound co the Cro(s ( Peter was was not nailed as Chrtft, but tied to the Crcfs) and there die in witne(s of my truth , for this Chri¡l fpaket by what Beach be fhou'd die and gl.ri fie rod, ver. 19. Fifthly, in that he faith, tt'by haft thou feet me at a mark agaior thee ? YY'by doll thou run thus againfi rnt ? Ob('rve , Alan in finning, runneth contrary to God , and God in a'ji,tins fumed, to run contrary to man. Every aft of fin , is a direS$ oppofrtion unto God : we (et God as a mark, and moot arrows of difobcdience againft him ; fin is a miffing the markof duty,but it aicues to hit the Lord, as a mark, who charges us with that du- ty. In afliiSion God runneth upon us, and makes the rranfgre(- for his mark. Mofes ( Levit. 26.4r.) (peaks both wages, if your uncircumcife hearts be bumbled , and ye acknowledge that ye have walked contrary unto me, and that I have walked contrary unto you, that I have made you .a mark, and mot at youby Judgements, and that you have made me a mark , mooting at me by your fins ; then I will remember, &c. So that our finning is a Walking contrary unto God, and Godscorreftions are his walk® ing contrary to us: There is an excellent exprefiion, rioting how fin (Nikes, 4 and as it were Moots at God ( job , 5, 25,26. ) 1e fi~retcbetb out his band arainfl God,(fpeaking of a wicked man) and firengtbenetb bimfllf againfl the Almilbty; I here this word isufed ) be runneth upon him , even on be neck, upon the thick bofes of bid bucklers. Sec how he defcribes a wicked man in his natural coucfç what loth he ? he runs upon God, he runneth
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