Chap. 23. An Expftion upon the Book of J OB. Verf 3. 31, thenhe is well ; all the thoughts andhopes that *are, and de light him are that there is no God,fo farxe is he from being foli- citous to know God. 'Tie a condition (quall, fad either when all a mans thoughts are, that there is no god, or when God la not in all hie thoughts. A wicked man may talke of God fometimes, but God never comes neerhis heart, as the Prophet freaks ( ?er. r z. 2.) Thouart neare in their mouth, hut farce from their rein es; that is from their defires and delights. 'ris what our reines fay, not what our mouths fay, that God refpet s. A Godly mans chiefe care is to be accepted withGod,his thoughtsare for God, and of God and were itnot for this thought that God ie,or that there is aGod, and he a holy God, a :MI God, a gracious God, he would not thinkehimfelfe (as we fay) worth the ground he goes upon. And as all his thoughts are that there is a God, fo all his hopeand faith is inhim, and his defires are after him ; O that Imight fadehim, enj.yhim,grafpe him, take holdon him, who is The All ofmydelires and hopesand thoughts. Secondly, obferve; That a godly man is ['onetime' at a!offfor God, modcaonot'te where to finde him. He bath to fenfibly.fpirituall Enoyment ofhim ; The children oflight openwalk in darknefTee; They who fear the Lord much, may be without the feelings of his love, and they who obey his holy commanements without the comfort of his precious prem:- fes.EvenChriftbtnfelfwas at fuch a Joffe for God,when he cryr- ed out Mj God, any Clod, why haft thouforfaken me (Pfal. 22. r.). Chrift being to fuller for finners,tafted of all tho'e forts offuffer- íngswhich are dueto fin ;_ Heendured not only the punifhment offence in the pines ofhis body, but the punifhment of loge in the hidings ofhis fathers comfortable prefence,from his foule. Ff this were done to the Greene tree; much more to the dry, and if our head found an ìnturruption of the pretence ofGod, much. more may we, whó are his members. Thirdly, Obferve; That while Saints are at a bife for god, their defires are often andmoreftirring after God. It is a fad thing not to findeGod, but it is-farre fadder.to have ot* "
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