_ 552, Chap. 2o. An Expoßtion upon the Bookof J o B. Verf, 22, Firft, To clap the handsin anger, and vexation, (Num. 24. io.) Balab claps bis hands together ( his anger being kindled againft Salaam) when he could not have his will. Secondly, In forou ;`7er. 3 i, 59. After I zv,u turned, I re- pented, andafter 1 was infruffed .I fmote upon my thigh. Thirdly, It notes- claping the hands for joy; and that two wayes. Firft. :'Forjoy at the hurt of others :`( there is fuch a wick edneffein the heart of man to rejoyce at the fall of his neigh- bour) ( Lament. 2. 15.) Iili they that gotby clap their hands and hits, feeing 7erufalem in forrow. Secondly, For Joy at our own good ; or when our felves re- ceive good ; fo in theText ; In thefulneffe ofhis fufficiency, or when he bath fomuch that he claps his hands forjoy, when he is in the higheft plauditie ofhis ownhappineffe, then he (ball be inftraits. In the fulneffeofhis fufficieney. Here is a griduall elegancy : for aman to have a fufficiency, is a very comfortable ftate ; enough, ( as we fay, for meat, and cloathing) is all, Give me neither povertie, nor riches, feed me withfoodconvenient, was1gurs-prayer. Sufficiency is,at leaft a compttenoy but the fulneffe of fufficiency is more. Such fuf- ficiency is abundance, if not fuperftuitie, or fuperabundance. There is an abundant graceofGod ( wherefin abounds, grace, abounds. ) But befides aboundinggrace, there is fuperabounding 'grace, or (as it were an exceffe of'grace, an-hyperbole ofgrace .(Trn. 6 2o.) So Tome in this life have an hyperbolical' elate, an exceClive va It eftate in riches and creature comforts. They have enough, and more thenenough ; Inch is the importance of this exprefiïon; In the fnlneff'eofhisfeifciencj, cult Hu'b's t He ;hall be 1nfLYaltd. bi abo ríè, [mid pee,;; fxpnet:- There is nothing more oppofire to fn f ciency then (traits, e- e i f :er.e fpeciallY to fulneffe ofhis fufficiency. He 'ball be inftraits ; -iri iron-a ad}$': outw rd {traits, and inward ítraits,in ftraits on the right hand, tires dx and i. it -nits on the left. In the fulneffe of his fufficiency, vzvenaum ne y+ se "aria, tam, (hill he full oftt sits. The word is applicable to any kind of hest. t rouble,becaufe what troublefoever a man is in,it ftraitens him; it
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