lit i;,j,H ti "!', 4Ó2 Chap. 9. An Expofition upon the Book of J O E. Vert 34:. Jubr fear was no needless fear, he was not terrified with a fancy, Eevf ver6i though his fancy was readyenough to over-ad upon his afllic`}i briginoti ajuf- on, and fo entreated'his fear; Let not thy fear, that is (fay fome) mods terrerefi featful thoughts or fights terrificme. So ( Chap.7; 14.) When I qui hominera fay, MyhedJFiallcomfort me, my couch frfall eafemy-complaint, then exagitot Pr thou fcareff me withdreams, and terriftefF.mewith vifions. There quo,+ eeetra je vaiie diflra is an humbling and cleanftng fear, Thefear of the Lord is clean, bat. not only in the nature of it, but in theeffe6ts of it (Pfal.19.9.) There is an an amazing, and a terrifying fear, filch the letter of the originalimports this to be , even a fear bordering upon mad- nefs, as ifhe were rather £righted then afraid, and feared, rather then troubled. Others- eetpound this fear with reference to the two former verles, efpecially to the verfe immediately foregoing,.. There job, &fines aDayes- enamor complains that there isnone ;here he tells, us what he might have expeffed, ifhe had one. As ifhe had laid, Had Ia Dayes- man,tben Iknow hewould takeaway the-rodfront me, that is, he wouldgive judgment that Ifhould be-eafedof this afftiili. on ; and bitfear fhouldnot terrifie me, that is, be would nevergive a fattened which fhould be a terrour to me. That's a fair fenfe in refe- rence to what he fpake before ; but I rather keep his meaning within the compafs of what he is fpeaking here. And then by fear we may underftand Firff, Thole rayes and beams of Majefly, whlchthe Lord leer favetrneati+se°zing out a little-upon Job, he was not ableto bear them. We intcJigendur find when in thofe ancient times God appeared, the beholders putaremfulge were terrified. Manoabs wife tells her-husband, A man of God rem, jpiendo_ came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an Pemvelmoj- flaum raniom, Angel ofGod; very terrible (Judg. 1 3.6.) And when Godappear - qua prifti tEg ed toAbraham; Anshorrour ofgreat darknefl.fell.upon him -( Gen. . temportkus _ y5, i 2:) in what a wofeal plight was Daniel, receiving thevifions nonnunyuon, of God ? (Dan. 1 o.8c) God who is the joy ofhis people, it alto a ge1su pro Deo terrour to them. Things whichare not what theyfeem to be, fert.ú fuHop_ < are not fo terrible near-hand as at a difiance; -God wha is inftnite- parsbst. Bol. ly more then he can feet') t -be,is more terrible near hand thenat a diliance. Hence it is, h at when God, w.hois a wayes near us, (hewshimfelftobe-fo, our fpiri-ts fail within us. In that prefence of God which we lhall have in glory , there will be fetlnefs of joy. And in that prefence of God which we have in the wayes of grace, there is abundance.of.joy, But if while-we are here in a Llate ?. L
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