5 oChap. 24. AnExpofition upon the Book of J OB. Verf. i 3, They rebel/. 110 rebella This word is often ufed in Scripture for rebellion againft any wt Ce,ê.ir lawfull authority or power set over others to rule and governe them, and that's the Importance of it here, they rebel! : and from this word Isjj,mrodhad his name, who was the fiat noted rebel) that ever was in the world ; Nimrod was a great Princea- mong men, but he became fo by rebellion againft God. Here lob difcovers Nimrods or rebells againft the light. But what was the light, againft which they rebelled ? Light maybe confidered two wayes; Either properly, or figu- ratively ; we may underftand the text of light in a proper facce, and fome infift chieflyupon that. They rebel! againft the light ; that is, againft the very light of the Sunne, or the ordinaryday- light ; as ifhe had faid, Jf is were in the power oftlrefe men they would evenpull the Sumac out of the firmament ofheaven, that they might fin unseen. I will not,as fome Interpreters do, fix the Ex- pofition here, though I grant, this fence may be taken in, wicked men love naturali darkneffe,andhate even natural light, the light ofthe Sunne, becaufe it feldome ferves but often hinders their occasions. Secondly, Take light figuratively for the light ofknowledge, fo it is more true, that wicked men rebel! againft it : and, that light in this notion shouldbe here meant, the words plainly im- ply;For though fome wicked men'wouldbe willing to be Phut of the day light, yet it is hard to fay they rebel/ againft it :and thofe other paffages, not to know the ways ofit, and not to abide;in the patties ofit,are not fo proper and fignificant to let forth their de- fire and endeavour ofavoiding natural! light. So that the light'. .rebelled againft is rather an Internal) light,that light which flirnes into the foule, then that which alines ro the eye ; and there is a twofold internal! light, againft which wicked men may be kid to rebel!. Firft, The light of nature, or natural internal light; There is a ' light ofnf.ture,or as fome call it,a liEht ofthe natural conscience, which every man carrieth about him, concerning good and &vii,. or what is to be done, al d what is to be left urdone.TheApofllé is dire e4 for this (Rom. 2. ]4.j The gentiles having not the Law, don by nature Ike things contained in the Low, theft having not the Law
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