iC:;iap. 20 _.Æx .ExpoJïtion upon the Rook. of J o a. Vert, 18, 535 Creator, and. to commit Idolatry with it. As it is the highef} ad- of g: ace to make our bcaft of God all theday long ; fo it is the highel} and vaineft acing ofcorruption to make ourboaft of theworld, though but a moment. Let not the w:fe manglory in his wifdotne, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the richmang!o-y in his riches; beet let him that gloriet hghry thi!athat he- underflandeth and knowetb nae,that 1 am the Lcrd,&c (7, r. 9. 23, 24.)Thefe checks given to humane gloryings Chew inwhat man delights to glory. And when man is molt fet and bent upon thefe gloryings, God delights to check-himmot}, and to fay, He /hall not rejoyce therein.We are never fo near the loft.: ofchefe rejoycings, as when wemake lureft ofthem. Agciine, Wemay take this rejoycing in a lower fence, for thofe commoncontents and refreEhings .which by the ordina- ry providence and bleífing of God are-received in the Life of the creature. Thus God is fayd to fill the hearts of men with ford andgladneffe (Aar 14. 17.) He gives not only meatebut mirth and a kinde ofnatural! muficke with ir. And indeed when he fpreads aTable for us, he likes it well to fee us Bate our meate with gladnes, as well as withf:nglenos ofheart ( Alb 2.46.) Ifwe take rejoycing in this fence . Then the words, Heihall not rejoice yield us this Obfervatior. God can feperate joyfrom the injoyment of the creature, Many enjoy that which they cannot rejoice in ; there is a vatt difference between the having ofoutward things,and taking comforr in them thefe are diftind gifts of God (Eccle% 5. i 9, ... z.0:) Every man al/o to whomGod bathgiven riches and reealth and bath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoyce in 'his labour, thief is the gift of god. Whofoever liveshath a naturals power to eate, yet many live in theaboun. dance ofrichesand wcalth,who have not àhearty power to eat ; They haveaportion, but theycannot take it, or rejoyce in it ; They have meate, but no mufick. God can make mullck at a poore mans Table : Though he-hash but acruft ofbread, and a cup of water, yet he (hall have mufick with it,he (hall rejoyce in it ; whereas though the rich man bath mufìck at bis Table, yet he fhail have none in his fpirit.(Ecclef: 5. 17 ) All his dayes he earth in darkneff., b..c bath muchfarrow, thisalto is a fore evill. But,: 1
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