i48 . Chap.i5. an Expofition upon the Boob, of JO B. Vert 27, upon thepatch, Matter Calvin Trani] a tes it thus, He bathtar- EJldefcriptio dedhiiguts. fummaobun This latter claufe of the Verfe is of the fame intendment 4onti.e.Jun, with the former : And that which both reprove as finful , is the intentnefs of mans Spirit about the pamperingof his feth. He covereth hisface withfatnefs, he males collops, &e Hedoth not fay , Becaufe he is fat,, but bdca.ufe he covers his face with fatnefs, &c. That is , he Pets his heart upon his. belly , and makes it his bufinefs to pamper his body. He is wive , yea full of activity in getting this cover, or mask of fatnefs upon his face'; and this mask difcovers the naughtinefs of his heart. Hence Obferee. That it is aftgnof an evil heart, or a lean Soul, to intend the flefh, or Rudy thefatiafying of the bodily appetite. A carnal man gives hímfelf to delicioufnefs ; his greate(f labour is about - that, for which Chriff forbids our labour, Themeat that pe- rifheth (, John 6, 27.) This covering of our [elves with fat- nefs, and making collops of fat ,. the'Apofile reproves in thole WhofeGodwas their belly (Pbil.3.19. ) and in thofe whoferved not the LordJelin Chrift, but their own belly(Kom. r6, r $.)They who ferve their belly , as they fhould ferve God , make a god of it ; and they who ferve their belly at all do not ferve Chrift at all. We may provide forthe belly , but wemull not ferve it ; and they who do fo, deferve rather to be called Epicures than Chrilfians.. That's finful.fatnefs which is got upon terms . of flavery, or fervice to the belly yea, a man that is incen- tive upon that Queflion, What Jhall l eat ? and careful how to feed hisfleth, though he do not grow fat by,ít,yet he (hews himfelf full of fin by it. The defign of fuch is for the fletti, though their fteth do not thrive under that defign. As a man may be very covetous though he continue poor and lean in purfe;. fo a man may, be very luxurious, and a great.fervant to- Baçcbtms, and belly chear , though he continue poorand lean in body. The bletíing of God fattens forte , and fit füch ones bid; God. David Prophefies , that whenThe Kingdom (hall be the Lords,: andhe the Governoosr among the Nations (which is very pan-
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