322 Chap. z 6. An Expofitionupon the Bookof JOB, yerf t 6. oaten occurrs inother Scriptures) was opened, Chia?. 3, s. thither I refer the Reader. Thus we havejobs behaviour in his aftli6}ion, by a .two- fold ac ,and a twofold effcd of it. The firft ad was, Sowingfach; clothe on hisfills, The fecund was, defiling his born in the duff. The fielt effect was, Foulnefs upon hisface. The fecond was, Death upon biseyes. Fence Obferve. Firfl, They aremot}fallible ofthe handof God, who are wolf fubmigive to it. As jobsafBióions were great, fo was his forrow, and fo was his fubmifïon: Sorrow isnot contrary topatienceJobwas the moll patient, and the moll forrowfulman in the world. There is an immoderate forrow inconfiflent with patience, but great forrow is not only confiftent with patiencebut an . argumement ofit ; and unlefs we have forrow, we are not patient at all : how can hebe called patient, who either feels not, or flights his aflii&ion. It is as ilea fymptome of a difeafed foul tobe unfenfible of judgments, as to be un- fenfible ofmercies. Unlefs we feel the rod, we cannot hear the voice of the rod, nor receive inflruáion by it: To be as. a Trunk, or a Stone, is not to be patient under it, but to de- fpife it : ilunebleyour felves under the mightyhand of God, is the advifeofthe Spirit , by the Apoflle (a Pet. 5 6.)As Godhumbles us for fin, or for the tryal of grace, fo they who have grace receive power to humble themfelves; and to humble our felves,is not only an aá,but an high aftofgrace both the graceof God towards us, and the graces of God in us are exalted when weare low in our own eyes. Secondly, From the manner of this forrowful humiliati- on, he (owedfack-cloath upon bis skin, and defiled bis horn iss the duff. Obferve. That as Godletteth out vifiblo tokens of bis afifling hand upon us,fo wefhould let out vifible tokens ofour humiliation under hishand. As we are vifibly afhióed, fo wefhoùld be vifiblyaffeef-ed. We may make our humblings feen, though we mutt not do it tobe feen. As the light ofour a4tive obedience, fbouldfa thinebefore men that theymay fee ourgood works,&glorifteour Father
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