Chap. 22. An Expofition upon the Boob of JOB. Veri. 2. 259 morewe drinkeof the rivers ofthis pleafare, the inorelober we are, to be an epicurt(as it were)in thefe dclights,is the higheft tem- perance. Our feeding cannot be too full, not our drafts too large upon thole delights ;Solomon (Eccle.z.2.) who had run a tourfe through'411 worldly delights, and tryed them to the utmoft,ftid of laughter it is mad,and of mirth what doth it? there is a madneffe inthemirth ofthe world, what doth it'? that is, what good doch it toany man ? many things it doth, it makes men vaine, fooli b, diffolute, difpirited for any goodncffe ; but what good doth it ? 'cloth it make any manbetter, more holy, more wife or fit for der. ty, no, it can doe noneofthere things. But delight in the Lord, is all this, and candoe all`this, it is true, ftrong, ftrength ning, R..kuw uu hating, holy, delight chat makes us more holy. This is the or. , Y, g p Lion ofSaints at all times, though payd them inmore orfpacially qli, dcirlla,i,r, at fome times, and that either, ftrft, refpcBeing the flare as,d dio. lutair.ver: fei: pofitionoftheir own foules, as in the refit, or fecondly, the Rate Aquin, ofand promifed difpenfations of-God to the Church. (lIa. 65. 14. 18. 11.4.66. i 1.) i -hen (allo in a fpeciall manner ) {bolt thou have thy delight in the Lord. And becaufe every man doth freely or willingly looke to that inwhich he-is delighted. Therefore Eliphaz added], And Jqlt lift up thy to God. But Tome may fay, is that fuch a great matter,is it any fpeciall favour to lift up the face toGod ? teeing to doe fo is common to ruankinde. The N:acuralift faith, That athereas other creatures look t homini fisb ggrovelingdownward, Godgave man an erefl countenance, and bid Give dedit, bi.rr lookheavenwards. How then do th Eliphaz promife, Thou Ovid. jh.slt lifr up thy face to God ? We had the like exprefflon (Ch. to. 15.) If ! be righhtecoas, yet Twig not lift up nsy head, And (Ch. i r, 5.)Thcn Jhalt t sau lift by thyface without{pot, The lifting up of the head, and the lifting upof the face are the fame; implying' confidence, or wel grounded boldnefs in him that doth fo; For all there pkrafes of(peech imply a lifting upof the mindor- Spirit to God. As `David faith(Pfal. 25. ) Onto thee O Lorddoe I lift up my foul. Eliphaz means nor the lifting upofa heart- let_ Equiparantia face or head, Inch as the hypocrite or formaliit lifts up to God in /unt rapt vet worfhip; nor the liftingup of rneer livinghead or face, filch as ocu!'f vel f"i' cm vel aMtnati all men lift up to Gó? according to the fo me or frame of their art deu,Te tez a_ L I a natarall ,t. Luid.
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