.. Chap. Iq.. Expofâtion upon the 800kof J®B Verf 6. 55Yr felves, A day breaks nofquare : but it is not fo with God, he keeps time with us to an hour. All the vifions of Godare (as the Prophet Habakkuk fpeaks of that vifion chap. 2. 3.) for an ap- pointed time, but at the end theyhallfpeak, they ,/hall not lie, though they tarry, wait for them, becaufe theywill Purely come they will not tarry. The vifions of God do tarry fometimes beyond our time, but they never tarry beyond Gods time. He hath fet a bound to all the affairs and ftates onearth, which they cannot paffe. yob having thus afferted the certainty and irrevokability of Gods decree about the dayes of man, grounds anearneft petition uponit in the next verfe, Verfe 6. Turnfromhim that he may refl., tillhe ¡halt accomplif, as a hireling his dayes. But is this t goodpetition ? Doth 7o6pray in faith or accord- ing toknowledge, when he prayeth the Lord to turn from him ? Is not the prefence of God molt pretious and defireable ? Is not the departure ofGod the faddeft afffi &ionof man ? why then doth hedelire the Lord to turn away, feting it isour happineffe tohave God nearus. I anfwer, Godmay be faid to turn away from man in two refpeets, Firft, In difpleafure , when he ceafeth to do us good. Secondly, In fa- ä74,u dam' vour, when he forbeareth to lay any further evil uponus, it ißthis Aurg. sq.. latter turningaway which lob praies for. Difcedene Yet forceinterpret him in the firft fenfe, turn away, that is, with- tuaprefen- draw thy prefence from me, even thy fupportingand firengthen- tia conferves ing prefence, which while it remains withme I cannot die, there me, meque fore withdraw it, and let me die, let me go to reff, until I may morti per- expe&at the refurredionmy reward, even as a Hirelng Both his mitte. Aquin wages forhis days work, Abfiie ab to There is a threefold truth inthis expolition, yet I cannotgive it tit defirat as the truth of this text. cumjamgra.- Firft, It is a truth that the prefence of God is the fupport of to animo ex- our lives ., if he do but turn away we quickly die, and return cipiet diem unto our daft. The damned would die, but God will not turn fatatem tan- away from them, his angry prefence is with them to hold their quammerce.. fouls in life, that fo both foul and body might be held in pain. narias. Ty,, Thegur.
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