282 Chap, 22. An Expofition,up .n the Bookof J 0 B. Verf. 28: thet, Which appeares further from the laft claufe. /Ind the light _17.741 fbineUpon thy ways. Eliphim hi this prornife might poffibly have refpeft to ?At former complaint ( Cháp 19. 3. ) He bath fenced op my way . that Icannot pafire ; and he bath let dy.knfife in my pather. As if Eiiphez had here laid, thoudidft Compiaine a while agoe that sod let darkneffa in thy patties, doe thou returne unto the Lord, and the bgbtjiII fbine upon thy yaw, or there 1h41 I be light in fleadofdarkneffe in thy pathcs. This light may be taken three waves. ticfl, A light ofdireffion,thou fhalt fee what to doe ; So it an fwers tbe former promife, Thou Jhalt decree a thing, 4ndit flail het unto thee. Thou (halt not make blinddecrees, or de- crees in the elarke , thou (halt not decree at a venture, or at ran- dom ; the light (ball aline upon thy wayes ; thou (hale have the.. light of the Word,and the light of the Spirit to (bred thee in making thy decrees, and for the ordering ofthy whole convecfa- tiön. Secoodly Light fhining upon his wayes, is the profperity of his wiyes;as if he had laid, fucceffe fhall attend, thy undertakings, the favour ofGod and his bleffing (hail be upon what thou takeft in hand ; as the Sun alining upon the earth ripens the fruits there- of, fo the light,beat, and influence of divine favour fhall ripen thy undertakingsandbring them to a defired perfeetion. Light, in.Scripture, is often put for profperity, as bathbeen (hewed from other paffages of this booke. Thirdly, The light ¡ballAine upon thy way"; that is, thou (halt have perlonall comfort and contentment in thy wayes ; that's a different blefffng from the former ; 'Lis poftible for a man tobe in a profperoui way, and yet himfelfe to take no comfort nor Con- tentment in it. When thefe three lights thine upon any man in his way, or upon the wayes ofany man, when the Lord .fbewcs him what he fhould do, when he profpereth 8tfucceeds what hedoth, and when hebath comfort kjoy in what he is doingorbath don, then the bleffipg is full.Asthe Lord metes him that rijoyeetb in his may and workethrighteooftnife, fo the Lord cloth often meet thofe that worke righteoufneffe in their way, cauling them to reioyce ; And then the light 'alines upon their way indeed. This is a further addition onto the promife of fucceffebefore given. From
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