242 itap, 22. ofiti-.rs ut=:e the Batkcf JOB. Verf. 24. 2da;ti ro¡ v tio how we oug',rt to receive and eftimate them ; Even nature ( by raturaec,xil;at, which he tneanesthe ordinary courfefetin nature) draw: ue off rrihili gxod from coveting Goldand river there it nothing hich may provoke evarrtrcrn ra .f g ' g I+p firam irritarer or flir up ccvetoafneffe, which God hashadvanced orfet up high in i ofwir in apert.: the order ofnature , Geld and Elver are he chie'e objc5 s ofCove - re:J:óua "ram toafncffe, now both thfe,as alfo whatfoeverelfe man tQ preffedabout, a,aenücd and as it were trodden under_rote in the dirt for, by burdenfome or ieçipicmend am covet cum cares,Godbath thraft or trodden under ourfeote. geldcloth rtcmendum, dmii, qc c- notfall out ofthe clouds of heaven, but lyeth under the clods of the quid elf fr;F et earth g there Godbath put them to be trampled and troddenun- yuödcatcamu der ourfeet,that we might feorn to have our.affeIions trampled Se Cp. 9 upon and trodden underfoote by them, or filch things as they. Seri, pç. P Y 3 So then,All that this interpretation or tranflation aimes at in fay., ing gold muff be put in the daft, is onely to thew us, that our efti... macrons fhould be taken offfrom it,, or that we thould place it as . low in our thoughts,as Godbath placed it in the order ofnature. And this is a fpirituall fenfe, failing that of out Saviour; Lay nor upfor yourfclves treafures on earth, makenot great preparations- to keepyour earthly treafures, efpecially let them not be kept in your heart, ór lye therewhereChritt onely and the treafures of heaven ought to be laid up. Put your gold:in the duft,or let it be etteemed asdufr, feeingat belt it is but well concofted daft. So Guld and flyer are calledAmso 2. 7. That pant after the duff of Pie earthupon the head ofthe peoreSo the Prophet defcribes their excream covetoufnefs, who will be rich though it be byempove- rifhing thole who are poorett. Yet I conceive in this place Elipbaz.hath another ayme ; And that where he faith ; Thou )salt lay up gold as the daft, his:mean- ing only is, thoufhalt lay up;plenty ofGold, or thou fhalt gather much riches ; for the dull ofthe earth or find of theSea are ufed frequently to fignifie abundance, or the exceedingnusneroufneffe ofthings, or perlons; whocan count the daft of 7acob 3 and the number ofthefearth part of.lfrael (Numb, 23. io.) that is, they . are as the duct that cannot be counted, or numbred ; that was the promife made to Abraham ( Gen. 13. 16-) 1 rod/ rake rigfeed - a$ thedaft -ofthe earth. So here, Thou:halt lay upgoldat the daft, that is,gold more then thou cantt tell,or calk up;Thou (halt have not onely enough, bat evenmore thenenough.? b was very rich before, now faith Eliphaz, Thou /halt have gold ao the daft, thy riches
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