376 Chap, t 9. AnExpofation upon the Book of J OB. Ver( 26. my jlefl, As ifhe had faid ; I fee nothing but vifio ns ofborrow and amazement now, I fee nothing but friendleffe friends, and miferable comforters now ; I fee nothing but povery and want cornpaflìng me now, but I fhald fee God, there's myhope, and there's my happineffe. HenceObferve; Our compleat happinef je conf:fis inthe vif:on ofGod. Chrift placeth the future happineffe of the Saints in the v.ifion ofhis Mediatoriall glory ; Father Iwill that they altowhom thou haf#given me be withme where Iam, that they may beheldmyglory that thou haft given me (Joh. 57. za..) Glorified Saints (hall for ever feed their eyes with unutterable delights in beholding the Glory ofjefusChrift. The fight ofthe eye gives much contentment;1./t is a pleafant thing to behold theSunne ( Ecclef. i I .) How pleafant will it be then with the eye ofthe foule to beholdGod, and with the eve ofthe body tobehold Jefus Chrift ? Mine eyeaffair my heart, faith 7eremiah in the Lamentation. ; That's true of joy as well as offorrow. Sights refrefh; how doe people fl, ;ck to fee great (hews ? Now, the cleare light that comes into the underfìand- ing, brings infinitely more refrefhing andglädeaeffe to the foule, thenthat which comes in onely by the body. It is the joy and happineffe toSaints to fee God now, as was (hewed before in his word and workes, in his ordinances and adininiftrations. Good Hezeitah lamented his feared loffe of that priviledge (Ifa. 38. -I I.) I fáyd I(hall not fee theLord, even theLord in the landof the living; That is,! thought I fhould never have gone to Church more (aswe ufe to fpeake ) or to the Temple, there to behold thebeauty ofthe Lord, and partake of his Ordinances. But what Elliott promifes in a like cafe (7só.3 3 . a6.) was per.. formed toHezebiah ;He(hall pray untoGod, andhe will befavo0.. rabieuntohim,and he(ball fee hie face with joy.When (hall he have this joyful( fight ? even in this life ; as `cis explainedat the 28Th Verfe ;Hewill deliver his foule fromgoing into the pit, undhis life Mall fee the light; That is, he (hall be rayfed from his ficke bed to fee the light ofthe Swine, and then altohe (hall fee the light ofGods countenance. This will be a joyful! fight tohim here, much more will the fight ofGods face fill him with joy here- after. And
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