Chap. 24. win .Expofition upon the Baot. of J OB. Vert. 14. 57 3 feth betimes in the morning toplay the murtherer, and in the night he plat'e's the thiefe. I have noted the fame fence of the panicle heretofore, firft, from chofe words of the I:vangelift concerning Chrift (?ohn T. 14.). Nye faro hisglory ern the glory of the onely be- gotten San of G,d ; for Chrift was not onely like the only begot- ten Son ofGod, but he was really fo : as alto from that of the Prophet (Hofea 5. i o.) The Princes of yudabtvere'ou or like them that remove the bound, that is, theydid remove the bound. Secondly, Otherskeep to the fimilitude, and fay the meaning of lob is not,chat the murtherer doth turne theif, or that he pro- ceeds from killing in'the day to ftealing in the night ; But fay Face:e K'áquij they, this verfe is quite through a defcriptíonofthe murtherer, tang"''n fur elf as the next is of the.Adulterer: So that to fay, In the night he is aó10 at qu4t nn. as a Theife, imports onely this; That inthe night he doch carry nat fecretoin himfelfe very clo ely and very fecretly, or that as a theife in the diigenternq; night is dole and fudden in ftealing, fo is he the murtherer in kil a5Jc nfonerr. ling. We have this fi;nilicude often ufed (1 noel: 5.2.) The Coming ofChrift fkka/1 be di a Thal' in the night-Read alfo(z Pet. 3. 1o. Revel: 16. t,5.) in which the farne fimilitude of a Theife in the night is applyed to Chriftscoming,not as ifwe could hence co.nclude, that Chria will come in the night time,bur that,wher,. (Dever he comes it (ball be as in thenight, that is, fuddenly, and (as to any antecedent appearances) fecredy upon the world, it (hail be unexpeáed to them, they (hall not know the timeof it, nor (hall they be a ware ofit, thoughwhen he is once come, his coming (ball beaccotnpanyed with fo much light and lufter,with fo much fplendor and power as (hall not onely awaken, but afto- ni(h all the world. Thus it may be laid of the murtherer, In the night he is as a Theif. And Hence, it may be noted. Firft,That wickedmengive their. /elver srkolly to watch opportu- nities cf doing.mifcbiefe. The murtherer rifeth early in the morning, and in the night' is as a Theife : he takes his advantages in the day , and he will not forbeare them in thenight. As it flames the great affiduity ofSaints in prayer when it is faid, They cry to God day and night (Luke 18.7.) day and night reach the whole come paffe of time. So while 7cb tells us t (tat thewicked are doing tnifchiefbetimes in the morning, and chat they are at it againe in
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