y34 Chap. 2o. f`in Expojitim: upon the Book of J o B. Verf. 1$, Secondly, It refers rather to the efface which he had gotten by oppreflìoa, He fhall.reftore it and/hallnot re ycetherein. ; that ts, his ill gotten goods (hail adminifter ho content to his minie. Betides, there is more ment by this expreulìon then is cis cxrén sario expreffei,when Z phar faith, fh/hall not rejoice in it ; the fence nes f;equen er is, he (hall have forrow with it, or it Thal! bea vexation to him. ii teni l infa- The word which we render rejoyce, is emphatic&1, it lignifies ctn. to rejoyce with bosfting, yea with infuiting, a proud rejoycing. The word is applyed unto the Peacocke ; gave./? thou thegoodly mingt unto the Peacocke, or zingsand feathers unto theOflrich, (lob 39.t3. ) Gavea hot the rejoycing wings to the peacocks; the Peacock is proud of his feathers, and fpreads his plumes. and then cryeth out, and ftrutteth asit were exulting and boafl- ing in his beauty. This word is allo ufed ( Troy. 7. r8.) Where theAdulterefí'e faith ; Come lei us takeour fill oflove until/ the morning, let us folace ourfelves with loves. Such is the joy of wicked men in worldly enjoyments, they fpread their plumes, they looke upon their effaces, honks, and lands ; upon their gold and-filver,as a Peacock on his taile, or as filthy lovers fore. thinke their uncleane embraces, and then booff and pride them- felves. Sodid: Nebuchadnezzar walking in his pallace.and dif- courfing with his own vaine heart, Is not thingreat Babel, which I have built, d-c. Thus the worldlyman alwat'es would but his joy is often ftopt. sle/hall not rejgce therein. Hence note, Pirft, The things of this world are the matter of a carnal! mans rejoycing. When a godly man'hath the worldat will, he bath no will ,-thus to rejoice in it : he rcjoyceth in there things ( as the Apo- .filedire6ts i Corr. 7. 3o.) 4ae though herejoyced not. His joyes in- deed are inGod. Many fay,wiço willPhew us. any good?David;n- fwers (T1/4l.4.6. ) Lord lift thou the light ofthy countenance upon w, thou (halt put gladneffe in myheart more then in the time when their cornand-wine increafed.job (Chap.3 r .aj.)gives us this pro- teffation of his own integrity, and uprightnes, that he lived not in worldly joyes, though he had much ofthe world : IfI rejoy- ced becau/emy handleadgotten much, 6c. It is a duty tobide God for what we have, and to take comfort in the ufe of it, hut to re oyce in the creature is to put it into the place of the Creator,
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