Ver Chap,I6. 11n Expoftionupon the Bookof JOB, , I2, 285 bras at eaft. J. b wakes this report of his former profperity, that he might move his friends to p ty him in his prefent mifiry. It it",feratioa,en is a rhetorical) argument : the Orator gives this rulc,when mover3priore we would Air up compaflion towards a man in mifery, we Jlanr. Mac, muff {ìríß dcícribe in what heights he hath flood, and then Frimustocus Phew how low he is fallen ; we are not fo much affedied with m;Ierecordte any mans being in a low cllate as with his falling from a e(1 per g quibua in bon, low efßate; When Lucifer the Son of the morning falls from núluertt, QM Heaven, and falls into. Hell, to the lidesof the Pit ; this lets nuncglibus in ail men a wondring (Ifs. 14. II, 12, 15.) malls fir alien- Hence Obferve. (1411r. Cie de Invent Lib, To havebeen in profperity ,adds to the burdenandbitternefrof prefent adverfity. It is an aflliEtion, never tohave b en in profperityibut it is a greater afflition to be call down from a flare of profperi- ty, for him that bath been great, and rich, and powerful in the world, to become mean, and poor, and powerlefs, this pinches foart,andgoes to the quick. Job aggravates his for - rows at large upon this account (Chap: 29. Chap. 30.) The fctonunc, úto Candle ofGod (hined upon my head, I walked myfteps in butter; fui. Plauticn iuy glory mixfrelh in me,&c.But now they that areyounger then mom. .1have me inderifion, &c. So (Lam. q., a ) 2heprecious Sons o f cernite fim Sion, comparable to fine Gold, how are they efieemed as earthen quali:,gui mo- Pitchers, And (Vert 5.) They that didfeeddelicately are de- do raps era's., [slate in the fireets the _that were brought up inScarlet embrace Fim y g P Fuimur Too dunghils.From delicate feeding to defolation, from Scarlet to C', a dunghil is.a great change::he dunghil would not be loath- fome,were it not for the Scarlet, nor defolation fo grievous were it not for the remaining tafle of the late delicate feeding. Every remembrance of the Wormwood and the Gall of their prefent affliction in Babylon, was made more bitter.by the re,- membranceofthe Milk and Honey which flowed in the Land, of Canaan. They who have alwayes been in a low condition fcarce feel or know the want of great things, be caufe they never knew the meaningof their enjoyment. The Greek Poet tells us ofHecuba not daring for fhame, fo Euripides. much as to lift up her eyes, or look Polyiesneffor in the.face,be- çaufe fhe had been a Queen, but was then a poor Captives Common
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