336 Ghap.i2. An Expo f tion upon the LookofJob. Verf.25, appearance of light. Thejudgment =t ere is,7heyfhallgrope in the darkwithout light, that is, they (hall have pure darkuet's. The Hein ew is yet forncw hat more emphatical, They feel dark! nefs and not light. Repetirions with a negative are frequent in X b;æk Mira. Sct ipture, to thew a vehement negation (Arno 5. ì8.) The dayof tum eft dim the Lord is'darknefs and riot light. Ifa.3S. i. A metfage wascarried van (io -.dus to Hezekiab; Thou(halt die andnot live, that is, thou (halt Purely aJferre votant die. Job.a. He confeffedand deniednot, brat is,heconfetfed throng- Jenrentis offi (- ly or peremptorily. So here The feel dar ne s andnot light that mattva,addant Y P P Y' yf . f contrarij neca- is,they feel extream darknefs, or the extremity of darknefs, the tsoncm. in te- greareft imaginable. ncbric & non Two things 1 !hall obferve from this ( taking the pafl'age as m ine, i.e. sn an ex retiion of the judgement of God upon a finful peo.. tenebrú o -rnis P lucú expert!. Pie. ) fit Fitch, They who abufe light (hallbe deprived of light. He takech away the heart, then they wander, and then they grope in darknefs without light. They had light, yet rifted like men in the dark, or like blind men : they walked in darknefs when they had light. Hence God pronouncethagainft them, Ton fhall grope in darknefs andhave no light : God threatned his anci- ent people the Jews with tots dreadful plague (Deut.28.28,29. ) Ywilljwite thee withmainefs andblindnefs anda!tonifhmrnt of heart, and thou (halt grope at noon dayes, as the blindgrope~h indarknefs, and thoufhalt not profper in thy ways. Light is the gift ofGod, he givettt,and he taketn it away. As when he created theworld,there was nothing but darknefs, and he Paid, Let there be light and there was light, fohe faithno* to perfons, yea to Nations, who are in light, and have abufed the light, the light of the Golpe! or the light of outward profperity, Let there be darknefs upon them, and it is fo. He can make light without darknefs, anddarknefs with- out light. Take heed of finning ag:inít light, left ye grope in the dark without light. Thofe fins leave the Soul, yea the whole man in greateft darknefs, which are committedinor againti thegreateft light. Secondly Qbferve, That perfons for(aken of God, andcovered over with darknefs, are ufelefs and unfit for any thing. He that is in the dark c+nnot at`}. Pray. 4. 19. The wayof the wicked is as darknefs, they know not at what they fumble; they who
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