Chap. 20. An Expofr'tion upon the Bookof J o a. Verf. 5, 45:5; they maybe Iayd to worke an eternal' weight of punithmer r ; whereas the affliftions of the Saints are fhort in their burden- fomeneffe,yet eternal) in their fruitfullnes, for they work ( not by away ofprice,but ofpreparation) aneternal! weight ofglary. And thejoy ofthe hypocrite dustfor a moment. Leaft the Title ofa wicked Haan fhould be toobroad and Tod fhould not take himfelfe as concerned in this conclufion ,- becaufe all knew him to be a worfhipper of God, and one that made profeffion of Religion, therefore Zophar in this latter dlaufe adds the word hypocrite ; which is mott properto thofe who are highet in profeflïon. The joy ofthe hypocritebut for a moment.. Triumphing in the former cl:iufé fignifies a more open de- 1n neis rr portment. There'sno diffembling nor concealing of a Tri- m.+ndo err rri!gtr , J,t+rr, gala amph. Joymay bemore fecret and retired, fo tome conceive Zophar fpeaking properly in reference CO the ufuall diflinc` y oga to r. temper of the wicked and the hypocrite. A wicked prophane per, rate: man triumphs and rants it, he makes all ring with his jollitie ..''° ani-r:o :r(1ü The hypocrite and falfe profeffor takes tome Hiller- delights e'b, Ìaß f a and more moderate contentments now (fayth Zophar) this to 'cur joy though it be more relerved and dole, is yet but for a mo- ment,'tisbut likea puntium or poynt, which in Mathcmatichtr pr, is fo (mall a thing that it bath no dimenfìons; unlcffe imagina- as rn,3ar pùt »i ble; a poynt is 'tie then the leaf) line, or onely the beginning ad fl l'`nt '" ofa line, it is but putting downe the pen, and 'cis dole, there needs nodrawing, as in making lines. The worldly feticide ofan hypocrite toucheth him onely as a Globe doth a Table in pun&o ) in a poynt ; he hath but a touch ofit, and . then 'cis gone. A poynt is to place as a moment is to time, Lrcei a from in the leali and lati divifion of ; A poynt is indivifi'ble in place to érn honor o as a moment in time. Thus the joy ofthe hypocrite is brought f",;;:' s, rno downe co the loweR that words or thoughts can make of it Je11an INaa;. A. hypocrite( again$his will) toucheth ,worldly joy in'regad of the timeof his enjoying it, as;a godly man willingly ani defignedly touche:h it, in regard of that frame or fpirit wi :h which heenjoyeth it, onely in a poynt, He both as little to doe with worldly thingsas hecan, he doth not lay the whole di. mason
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