Chap: 22. An Expofitionupon the Boost, of JOB. Verf. 26. 253 eft comforts, even delight in himfelfe.'Tis an argument like that of the Apo#fte{Ilom. 8.32.)He that pared not hid owne Sonne but delivered him upfor su all, how /ball he not with himfreely giveus all things ? Thus Eliphaz teems to argue, feeing God will give thee himfelfe to rejoyce in, or to re:.oyce in himfelf, how can he deny thee gold and filver with thole other conveniencies which concerne this life ?. chefe being indeedas nothing in comparifonof himfelfe. Then 'halt thoudelight, &c. Then, that is, when thou returneft to God, and not till then, then thou tnayeft expe t co receive much fweetneffe from him, fuch fweetneffe as thy foule never tatted or experienced to this day: Thenfbalt thouhave thy delight. The word fignifiestodelight, or take contentment,whether it ]Jv delella:m be outward contentment, or inward contentment, the delight of poi co pore vei the body, or the delight of the minde ; And fo an univerfall de- anima. sonat light, thy whole delight tha11 be in the Lord. Mojes (Dent. 28 . deic rum 56.) defcribes thole women by this word, who weremade up of mop`. delight ; Thy tender anddelicate wonsan,that is, fuch as are fo de- licate that they are the delightofall who behold them, or who are them?elves altogether devoted to their delights, who (as the Apottle Paul (peaks of the wanton widdow (i Tim. 5. ) live in pleafure,Thefe arethreatned with fuchcalamities as fhould render their very lives a paine to them,Theword is ufed againe (Ifa.58. 13, i4.) where the Prophet (peaks ofkeeping the Sabbath; If thou turneaway toy foote from theSabbath from doing thy pleafure on my holy day, andcall the Sabbath a delight ; what then ? then !halt thou delight thyfelfe in the Lord; thou (halt have curious de- light, all manner of delight in the Lord, ifthoucall the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord ; honourable and 'halt honour him ; if thouhaft a delight induty, thou (halt have the deiighc of re- ward. Thus Eliphaz;tbenfhalt thou bawl thy delight in the Almighty. And 'tisconfiderable that he clothnot fay,thou (hah have toy de- light in themercifull, or gracious God, but in the Allmighty ; in himthou (halt have thy delight, whofe power is over all,and who is
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