378 Chap. i 9 . .r4n .£xßofition ;span rh Book.e of j O .B , 'erf. 7. foule recieve-fatisfat`iìon in beholding God here as he is p'ea- fed in part to reveale himfelfe, thenwe 'hall much more be fa- tisfied when he reveales bimfelfe fully to us. God is fatisfied in and with himfeife, and therefore he can quickly facisfie us. The very gleanings cf God being infinitely more then all the vintagea,:ä harveft of the creature. . Thirdly, Our fetingGod, is the enjoying of God. How then canwe be but happy in feting him ? We fee' many good thingsnow that advantage us little, becaufe they are none of ours ; we doe not enjoy them by feting them, it is but a tram fient fight : but this fight is enjoyment, and the appropriation. of God to our felves. Faith appropriats God here, vifion (hall much more hereafter. Laftly, This fight will make us happie, becaufe when once we enjoy Godby fight, we (ball be filled with affurance of en- joying him for ever. There is nothingbut affurance in heaven, and that not onely that our eflate is fùre and 'hall continue; but that we (hall have a continual) fight or maniftflation of it. Glory (hall never be hidden from our eyes, it /ball be revealed in us, ( Rom. 8. 8. ) This evidenceofGlory compleats cur hap- pines in glory. And fceing this vifiohofGod, and the revela- tion ofGlory in us, are the compleature of our happines, no marvaile if Yob comforts himfelfe in this expedtation, After reormes have deftroyed this badie (hall fee Cedin my flefh. This fight Will recompence all our forrows and fufferings, yea whenonce we have attained this fight, we (hail not onely never fee, but forgerour forrows, and remember our fufferings no- more. Verf. 27. whom I'lallfeefor myfelfe, andmineeje 'hallbehold, andnot another,though my reines be confirmedwithin me. `lob concluded the fer ner verse with an affurance, that In his f efh befhossldfee gad. This verfe begins upon the fame poynt, whom If allfee for myfelfe ; but though it be the fame in the matter, yet it cctnes cloathed with new confiderations and additions, He lothnot fay barely, whom I/hallfee ; but, whom I (hallfee for myfelfe : there is the firft addition. Sccond'y, mine ever ¡hall behold, andnot knether : there is a fecond addition ; and this,
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