Chap.' o Ais Expofition upon the Booh,of J O B. VerG6: 469 Secondly, Obferve, Afjliflions are farcbers. Thou fearcheJtfor mine iniquity, faith job, Job fuppofed that the Lord came to try him, and to find out the bottome ofhis heart : when God finites our bodies or our dives, he fearcheth our hearts, and maketh enquiry in our lives. The Prophet threat- ens the Jews (Zeph. i. t z. ) That God would come and fearch je- rufalem with eandies; that is,as fome interpret,he would caufe the Chaldean: to fearch for their moti hidden treafures,and find them out. Others undertiand it of God himfelf, fearching jerufalettr, But God is not like the Woman in the Parable, who had loft her groat , he needeth no candle-light to find out the loft groat, or to find out the filthinefs that is in the moti floret corners of the heart. The meaning then is, that God would fearch Je- rufrlem, that is, the people of jerufalem, as exaElly, as if they were fearched with a Candle ; he would bring forth their floret fins, and alltheir hidden abominations. This fearch was made bymminuta. thole terrible and fore judgments brought upon jerufalene. God it. cognofcam kindled a fire ofatllidion, and fearched them by the light ofthat d: peccaci: pu- fire. Troubles are as fomany Candles lighted up to fearch our null, `'cum felvesby, an they will be as fomany fires kindled to confume us nes mbasaacc. with, ifwe fearchnot our felves. At this time God is fearching tar mè ut fo- England with candles. The Prophet defcribing the great Lntqui adbibi- forrows of the Jewes in their Captivity, dire( s us what to of lucernis do (Lam. 3 40.) Let usfearch and try our tvayes. When God is perhtfirant om. fearching us, it is high time for us to fèarch our (elves. It is fad, nio-jun. when God is fearching for our tins, ii we are not fearching for them too; and it is more fad, if when God cometh to fearch for our tins, we be found hiding our fins. Thefe are fearching. times. God is fearching, let us fearch too elfe we may be Cure (as Motes ( Numb.32.23.) tells the people of Ifrael) our fins will find us out, They who endeavour not to find their fins,_ (hall be found by their fins, Our iniquity will enquire after ur,1 if we enquire not after it, But what ifiniquity enquireafter us ? What ? if iniquity enquire after us, it will find us ; and if ini- quity find us,trouble will find us, yea, if iniquity find us alone without Chrift,Hell and Deathwill find us. If iniquity find aly man, he hath reafon enough to fay unto it ( what Ahab Paid to Eliah without reafon) Haft thoufoundme, O mine enemy. Thebell ofmen have reafon to look out what is evil' in them, when God brings
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