i 8 Chap..i t, n Ëxpoftton upon the Book of J OB..Verf i5, then , if we lift tip our faces when God caufeth us to rejoice. A merry heart,faithSoloinon(Prov.i7.22. othgoodlikeamedicine, and where that medicine works kindly,it °fers a man upon his Legs, and makes him hold up his head like a man. God bath given man an. croft countenance in the fabrick of nature , but his counte- nance is then moff etc&, whengrace caufeih him to rejoice in God. 2, To lift up theface, is an ael ofreverence and.refper. (Detct. 28.5o.) The Lord hall bring a nation againfi thee ofa fierce coun- ¡cm ci ;; e Ira° tenancy, which (ball not regard the perfonofthe old, to we tranhate 'Per ad lenen ;, the Hebrew is , tivhich (hall not lift up his face to the old, that is, icon. which .(hall give no reverence to old men the Septuagint render I4on mirdbitur , ; p fadem fenis. it thus , there Pall comeagain theea people offierce countenance, Sept. whoPall not admire theface ofanoldman ; an old grave man, ac- cording to the common rules ofcivility is to be had in admira- tion or high cffeem. Young ones fhould lift up their faces to honour chofe, whofe faces hang downwith age. 1lev4re cap,,t 3. (Whick I rather take for the meaningof this text) lifting geftu7eft erefli up ofthe face, implieth f}rong confidence. Thus Abner (peaks to anime ceznfiden- Afahel, Turn thee afude from followingme; wherefore fhould Ifinite ris 3' n" ebel era- thee to the ground ? How then fhouldl hold up my face to Joab thy bed Nto. pmei, brother ? (z Sam.2:22.) that is, how (hall I come with any con- fidence or freedom of fpirit, before 7oab, if I fliould flay thee ? When Cain was rejeL `fed with his offering, .(Gen.4. 5,6,7.) the text faith, He was very wroth, andhis countenance, or hisfacefell: which is direly oppofite to lifting up the face. The falling of Coins face was in two things : Firff , He fell from a chearful to a churlifh countenance, he lookt doggedly and fowerly ; we fayof fuch a man , he hath a down. look, Secondly, He fell from aconfi- dent , to a cowardly countenance. the fall ofCoins countenance difcovered thefear which fell upon Cai, s heart; he did not bring the fir* offering with his heart and he had no heart leftto bring another offering Theface varieth as the minde varieth. That is feen i.edex animi in thefatewhich isout offight Theevidences ofthe heart are read scu ° there , and we may take the copy of a mans fpiritin his counte- nance. Four things are chiefly feen in the face; i. Pride The wicked through thepride of his countenancewill not feekunto God (Pfal.i o. 4.) 2. Fear ; Dan.5. 6. Then the Kings countenance was changed, andhis thoughts troubled him. That is, his thoughts .bein troubled at that dreadful apparition , his countenance changed
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