512 Chap. I 3, An Expofitionupon theBook of JOB. Verf. 24. d fòlved, and to be withChriff, becaufe then we and our joyes fhall never be divided.That joy which depends upon changeable things muff needs be changeable. The joy ofHeaven is a depen- dent joy, yet becaufeGod onwhom it depends will never change a look towards us, therefore our joy (hall be unchangeable. If the Sun did alwaies continue the ''fame afpec} upon the Moon which it doth at the full, the Moon (though hers be a dependent and a borrowed light) would ever continue at the full, and know no change. God will not vary his afpea towards the Saints in Heaven, for one moment to all eternity ; and therefore the joy of Saints inHeaven will be for ever at the full. There is a double difference between the manifefIation of Cod here upon earth, and inHeaven. Frff, A difference in the degree; thema- nifeffations in Heaven are clearer; here it; ag/afs, there face to face, as theApoffle fpeaks. Secondly, The mauifeftations ofGod to the Saints in Heaven are without rntermifhon, there fhall not come one cloud between the face of God and our fouls for ever. Hence, as the holinefs, fo the joy of the Saints in HeavenMall be the fame for ever. NowGod hides his face, and purs us to this queffion, Wherefore bidet? thou thy face ? that we may long for that elatewhere this queftion (hall never be pur, Wherefore hidefl thou thy face? Thirdly, Obferve, That it is agreat affiiîlion to thefoul when the face of God is bid. wherefore hidefl thou thyface? As ifhe had fail, Lord, I could fuffer any all }ion, yea, all aliaions better than this one. Yob was not a type of Chriff ( as I have touch'd before) but as in many things, fo in this, his fp,rit and his condition were very pa- rallel, or like to Chrill. WhenChriff was upon the Crofs, he cried out, and put this quelfion, My God, my God, whyha(f thou forfak,enme-? Such was jobs cry, why hidefl.thou thy face fromme? As Chriff upon the Crofs, fo Job upon the dunghill had a body full ofpains, but he paf eth by thefe, and only complains of the fifferings of his foul in the hidings of his Fathers face. Here was the pinch, Why hide.'? thou thyfacefromme? T,eLord threatens, Deat.32.2,o. Iwill hide myface from them,!willfeewhat their end (hallbe t Certainly no good end ifGod hide his face. He fpeaks in reference to temporal or outward things, I will hide my face from them, that is, Iwill withdraw my proteífing prefence, my wonted
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