334. Chap. i 2 . An Expo f tion upon the LookofJob. Verf.24. is the way of truth :`Thus Godbeckons and envices men intohis way. Ifwe fay, íio, but we will walk in our own ways, then God refolvés, teeing you love to goout of my way, you (hall go in a w: ildernefs where there is no way ; you thall meet with Bufhes, Thorns and Briers to fcrarch and vex you; yea, you (hall meet With wilde beads, with Scorpions and Serpents, toDing and de- vour you. God meeteti chofe that rejoyce and work righteouf- Deus requirit nefs, even thofe that remember him in his ways (Ifa.4.5.) But urfi;:an.us nos Buthes and Briers, Serpents and Scorpions (hall net chofe who zllo duct turn from the waysof God,even chofe whorejoyce and workun- gc;amvir aide righceoufnefs. There run intodanger, as Taft as they run into tin. army per inv.. r, 5 rm dzaú, Dum.There's no fafety out of Gods way,rnanÿ have died(in Gods way but no enrrn ills dux noflri itineris ¡serif nofiros psdes diriger quamvis nos viæ ratieem nett teneamus. Pined. man ever perijhed in it. It is laid of Abraham ( Heb. t r.$. ) That he went out he knew not whither.,The Saints goat Gods call where there is no way, that is, reo wayknown to them, but yet they are allured Caere is a way cut out and mealured forr them,by the wit dom of God ; dtraham was lure of a good way, and of a good end, yet he went he knew not whether. Abrahamknew he had God for his guide, though he knew not a ftep of the way he was to goe. It becometh us to followGod blindfold ; blinde obedi- ence (in that retire ) is good, but due to none but God. , Faith bids us todo that, fòr whichwe can give no reafonbut this, w e we are commanded to do ic. So fumeexpound that of David (Pal. 119.104. ) Thyword is a Lamp untomy feet and a light unto my path ; he loth not fay,the word was a light unto his eyes,but a light unto his feet; the word is a light to the eyes, thatis, it fhirteth to the underftanding; yet the word is fometimes a light untoour feet, when it is not a light.untoour eyes, that is, God will have us go where we cannot fee our way. Anfwerabléto Via fidei ell ob- that of the Apoftle (a Cor. 5.7.) We walk by Faith and not by fell, non aper- fight ; Faith hath a light for its feet,but not to its eyea. Futl vife_ ra elaræ on !wallows up Faith in Heaven : And the more vilion we have vifianis. ou earth,the lets we a& by Faith. Believers have not aclear fight, but they havea lure guide. Wicked men would be thought to fee much, but their fight leads them out of the trueway, or into the wildernefs where there is no way,but that of fin,nor encl,but that of lorrow. Here is the fi+ D efltEof Gods taking away the heart of the chief of the earth, they wander ina Wildernefs where there is no way. We have two other effe&s, verf. 25. Verle
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