A 34a Chap. 9. An Expofition upon the Book of J OB. Vrf.26. I anfwer,Yob fpeaks not this to obfcure the favours of God to him, or ungratefully to pifs by his blefling ; but he anfwers the objeaionofhis friends, and maintains the argument he brought against them. His argument was, that the (Mate ofá godly man in this life,is as tranfitory and as brittle, as the ettate of a wicked mail, and that therefore there can beno ditiindion made of men by outward difpenfations : To clear which he faith, Looktomy gooddayes, they arepall awayfiviftly, and there's nothing remain- ing of them. Whence obferve, That the outward eftate ofthe belt men in the world,is as tranfitory and fading as that ofthe worft in the world. My dayes (faith job) my comfortable dayes are pafï'ed away, Every man at hisbelt eftate is altogether vanity,Pfal. 39. 5. It isnot only a wicked man,whofe outward eftate is vain,but every mans; D vids Crown andScepter werefading, vanithing flowers. A- braham and all the Patriarchs faid (Heb. jì.) We have here no continuingCity ; neither City nor Citizens have long continu.. ance here. The Apofkle (t Cor. 7.3 t.) fpeaks to the Saints, and bids them take their hearts offfrom theworld, and not to drench or fteep their fpirits in things here below ; why ? The fa/lionof 'rr thie world paffeth away, the fathionof theworld in your hands; ifyou have the world in your hands, the fathionofit will perith there, as foon as in the hands ofother men.Donot think that the ?em ad '70 world is put intoan abiding (tate, or into an unalterable fathion dual qui "av,- for your fakes. A godlyman and a wicked man (though made of gotfive Ile the moti different fathion) live in a world, and poffefs worldly Jivefedeat dltquia impulus things of the fame fafhion. navi: ducitur t Secondly, As from thefirit fimilitude, fo from thefe we learn, ita et nos, frye How tranfitory our time is. See how job multiplies comparifons, wtgilantesfi -1 that if we will not learn by the fiat, we might yet be convinced a edormientes, b a fecond andathird. Goe to the land, fee time upon thefpur, five triremes, Y frveloquenter, in the fwift riding Poet. Goe to the fea, fee time upon the windes, five notantes, in the fwift failing (hip. Goe to the air,-. fee time upon the wing, frvevoteneer, in the fwift flying Eagle. Thefeall preach the fpeedy paflage of permomenta . time. How fad is it to fee men live, as if theredayes werefnaiA temporum quo 'dnot o t ac'd?as iftime lay alwayes at an anchor, or were udie in,inem p ac p f 'p Y eendimus, winde- bound,and could not ufe her fails?as if it had, leaden heels eàsag. and not wings, or were bound hand andfoot, and could not ttir ? The Apottles caution is, Redeem the time; and now we have the Apofiles argument to enforce it, The dayes are evil. If titre go out
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