Chap. i o . An Expofetion upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 5. rackfrom day to day, night andday, andmilt give me no rift? Lord, thou needeff not fe.zr to l(fi time, for thou ball all time at thy com- - mand: thou canlf not want opportunity, who haft eternity. Tberea- fon why man is called uponfo earneftly, to redeem the time,is, because be path fi little time Rivenhim, and no time at all, but what is givenhim, His dayes are Jhort dsyes,ançl they are butfew, and (which .lbouldprovoke him more to haJte ) be knows not howfern ; unlefs be lay bold upon theprefent day, be is not fore ofany day. But Lord, thou art Lordof time, and Mailer not only over thy work, but allö over thy dayes,thou cant allow thyPelf as many dayes as thou pleafejt to do thy work in. Why then doeft thou deal that Jeverely with one, as if thou wert afraid ithou Jhouldil overflip thy day , or want afeafon to deal with me in. net ntbtt Again, when he faith, Are thy dayes as mans dayes? it may re- offrt Hoyt fer to the Changes which happen in the dayes of man : the dayes cragilna diet; ofman are fometimes fair, and fometimescloudy, fornetimes he ,bath good dayes, and fometimes'he hath ill dayes, therefore he nauft take his time, andlay hold upon his opportunity. He muff make his hay while the Sun (hines,who cannot command the Sun to Thine. But the dayes. of the Lord are (like himfelf) alwayes the fame, alwayes alike. There arena chances tf time tohim, who is himfelfunchangeable. Aliens fuarurn Laflly, Are thy dayes as the dayes ofman ? mayhave reference to miferiaru m man himfelf man is as mutable a creature, as his time is ; and caufam eaecl.i man is mutable, not only in his condition, but in his affection : dtt d Deo.q d. now he loveth, anon he hateth ; now he rejoyceth, anon he forf non efjt roweth ; now he elleemeth, anon he rejeaeth ; now he imbra- fmaraeq;va ceth, anon he contemneth, Lord (faith job) I know thouart not benevolentía in thy' dayes as man is inhis; where thou art once a freind, thou art togafuos,fed alwayes afreind ; whom thou levefl thou loveft for ever. Thy affe- atoo 111 f &lions are as unchangeable as thy nature. tit, nlh{t There is a difference in the latter claufe of the verfe, for where- m;' neffeeft as he faith in the firft,Are thy dayes as the (layer ofman ? in the fe mo,quem cond he faith, Are thyyears as mans dayes ? Thedayes ofGod in fuandam in the firft part, are the farne with the years of God in the fecond. g8ntibusbrne- But man hath not years afcribed to him in the fecond. The time vtroé ou' of man is fo short that it is reckoned by the tlaorteli compleatv,fequatur. time, a day.' And when-David computes the longee date of . old. mans life, he doth not fay,Theyears of man are threef,o eyears and -131 V2 ten,but the dayes ofouryears are tlsreefcoreyears and ten(Pf.90 to.) There 461
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