Chap. z ta An E.'pofition upon ¡the Bookof J o B. Verf. 4. 637 is by force rendred ; Let roe alone that I may mourn(' a little ; let me have my fcope in mourning. In the 77. Pfalme Afaph fpeakes out the troubleof his fpirit ; My fore ran in the night, and ceafed net ; my foule r(fufed to be comforted. They give too much way CO their tror.btes, who argue againil their comforts, and put by the offer cf them. When the Lord reproved 7onah for his gaff?on,(Ch. 4.9.) D ,lt thou well to be angry .He re plyed, I doe well to be angry to the death. What he laid of his paillon of anger, others fayof their pafftun of forrow.v ; we eke well to be firron fnll; why fhould not ourfpirit be troubled? They think they have reafon for ir, though their reafons have no more reafon in them, then that of Micah had audg. t /. z3 ) who when the childrenof Dan asked himwhat aylerh tbee?anfwered, ?e bave taken away my Clods which I made, and the Priefi, andwhat is this thatye fay,What aylrrh Cher ?Have I not reafon to complain, and be troubledwhen you have robd me ofmy Gods ? Thus when they have loft but an Idol(as he had)fomewhat that they overprized and put in the place of God, yet beingqueftioned, why are ye thus troubled ? they anfwer, why fhouldwe not be troubled ? Chriftians fhould rather remember Daaids queilion, then imitate 7cb's;(Pf. 42. 5.) Why art thou difquieted0 my foul? why art thou call down ? He puts his foule to arfwer for it, why art thou difquieted ? He faith not with rob ; why fhouldnot my fpirit be dilquieted ? but, why art thou ? give an account ofit. When we finde filch gufts blu(tering upon our fpirits, we may doe much towards the quietiug of them, by asking why they are fo difquieted ? And'eis bothour wifedome and our duty, if that will not doe, to ufe all holy meanes to quiet them. When Chrift ( rh. 14. 1.) forefaw a forme, a blackday, a day of trouble coming upon his Difciples, he prevents and way -layes the troubleof their hearts, by forbidding it ; Let notyour hearts be troubled, Be not diflurbed in your minds with caresand for- rows concerning the iffue ofmy abfencefrom you; faynot,Our Lord and n,fter is gone, Owhat will become ofus? For Igoe to prepare a place for yore, and Iwill come 4gaine and receiveyou to my felf, that where I am there ye maybe a /fo.Chrift tells them he went to prepare a place for them, that he might there- by prepare their hearts patiently to b: re his going away ; Chnttt
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