Chap. t 8. e./.fn ExpoTition upon the Book of J o B. Verf. 6. 29 His lightfhai1 goe out,,even to_a-- -fpark and if a (parkoflight remaine, that (hall bebut darkneffe. He (hall never enjoy good, if any good remaine for him to- enjoy. Though after great fuf ferings he may have forme cafe, yet that (hail be a paint to him. As it is the priviledge of the. Saints, that their darkneffe is light, their forrowes joyful],- their wantsa fulneí%; fo it is the curie -. ofthe wicked, that their light is darkneffe, their joyes furrow= full, and their fulnefle a;want.., Wee may here remember that argument ofour Saviour, which I have formerly made ufe of, ( Mat. 6. 23, ) If that which is appointed to comfort a man, turne tò his forrow, how great is his forrow? So-thathere is a peremptory exclufion of all that' is, or can be refrefhing to a wicked man ; his light is darkneffe to him; and his very blef- fings a curie tohim Laflly, His candle iSall beput out with him. The candle gives an inferiour light; the candle is a family a houfhold light; When the Sun goes downe, candles goe up, but when this mans Sun goes downe, he (hall not have the helpe of a candle, as not the helpe offire. Now he that bath neither theSunne to thine Onhim,- nor the fire towarme him, nora candle to ftand by him, what a condition is he in ? which fill aggravates the afflidion ofa-wicked man. Some refer it to that cuftomeofthe Ancients, who fet up many candles, or t'.rufirem c'on lights, when they made Banquets in the night. So, his Candle cord mein eon- fhall goe out, is, he (hall never make Feaft more, nor have merry gA meeting with friends more But I rather take it in generall, ,,,xo ,,,,a iN- for all the ufes of Candles, not for that fpeciall ufe ofCandles, cernavocor. Torches, or Lamps in great night feafts, when their multitude of Mart, 1. r}. blazes feemed to turne night into day,and to make darknes light. EP. 4' Taking candle in the loweft fence, His candle /hall be put out with him,is, he (hall not have fo much as a fingle candle,not the fmal- left candle, not fo much as a rufh-light left him. And this we finde once and againe inScripture to expreffe the faddeft calami- ty of a people ( 25.10. ) when the Prophet defcribes the de- flru&ion that fhould come upon 7.erufalem; Morecver (faith he) Iwill take from them the voyce ofmirth, andgladnefje. And what more ? The voyce of the bridegroom,and ofthe bride;the found ofamilfl one,and the light ofacandle.That is,I trill remove all their . comforts ;
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