$6z Chap.14. An Expofition upon the BookofJOB. Verfe 3. thewelfare of a Nation, and theadvancement of publick good fo much depends ? Should fach a mzn as I flee? there the fenfe is raifed : But here it falls, Such an one, is a poor one, a mean one; Daft thou open thymouth to fpeak againft, or thine eye to look upon fach an objed ? rob having confidered his own ellate in common with that of Mankind , concludes , And doii thou fet thy eye upon fach an one ? Whence Obferve, That the due confederationand knowledgof what we are, leads as to low thoughts of oar ('elver, There is no manproud of himfelf, but he that is ignorant of himfelf : Weare liftedupwithhigh thoughts above what we are, hecaufe we have not true, thoughts of what we are ; if once we lawwhat moth-eatengarments , what rotten things , what fa.. ding flowers, what fleeing thadows, what decaying, dying crea- tures we are, every one would fay to God in holy wonder Doll thou take notice ofEach an one? of fo meanan one as I. We thouldnot afpire to be countedforce bodies, force great ones in the world, but we fhould look upon our felves as no bodies, -as unaccountable in the world,fuch as deferve not, that the great, the high GodCould vouchfafe us as a call: of his eye. This is robs fenfe ofhimfelf,_ Dofft thou operl thy eye uponfach anone as I ? The openingofthe eye is taken two wales. 49cali Z9ei Firl`t, In a way of Fatherlycareand Providence : Thus David providentiarn him ( or the Sonofman Lord, hat thou make that thou ant e h e knowledge enotat, f ' f It f ) (chap.7.1 7.) What is man that thou fhouldefl magnifie him , and that thoufbouldefl fet thy heart uponhim, that is,that thou thouldeft . takecare of him, and make filch provifion for him. When He.a,e- k i,ahwas in a day of rebuke and blafphemy , he fpread 1?abAa- kehr railingletter before the Lord, and prayed, Lord bow down thine ear andhear, open Lord thyeye and, fee, z King. 19. 16. that is, take care ofme and of the people under me ; the mouth of Rabfhakeh is open to threatenand revile, let thy eye be open to fee and prevent all the evils which he threatneth. Further, Opening the eye is an at of little or no difficulty ; it is as ea. a toopen the eyeas to turn the hand : to give a look is
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