Chap, 24. Ala Expofition upon the Rook of JOE. . Verf. 18 6i I Lord is (to (inners) very terrible. For the curie ofthe Lord a- biding upona finner,makes him every way and alwayes,miferabie. There needs no more to he laid to prove a man miferable then this,that his p,rtion is turfed,or that he is under the curie, For as the blefliing ofGodmakes us happy with any portion, that's e- nough,the bleffing being it fellthe heft and moft aboundant por- tion (Every good thing is vertually in the biefìing) fo the Curie is vertually every evil! thing ; therefore that muff needs make a manmiferable, When theLord bleffech,it is not anempty word, but a power goes with it to make aman bleffed ; Andwhen the Lord curled,, iris not anempty word, but a power goes with ir, to make a mans portioncurled in the earth. yob having laid down this pofition, gives a proofe ofic in the laft words of theverle. Hebeholdethnot the way of the vineyards. Some read there (as the former) words, by wayof impreca- coherebit aura tion ; Let bis portion be curledin theearth, and let kin: not behold fuperioribut fi the may of the vineyards. We tranflate effectively, He beholdetb hse fi guar not, &C. pricedenus ex- But what it meant here by not beholding ? is it onely this, he ti,ü,. ttNullam cometh not within theviewor fight of them ? I conceive there &beat impius is more in it then fo, and that when yob faith, he beholdtth not Nit' in Ayria his meaning is, heenjoyeth vineyards no more, or he dwelleth no 1ectf4e f ugrfe- more in a fruitfull and pleifant land, fuck as that land is which a um quzbur ul fittffum bounded, in vineyards,and foconfequently with wine,but he fh:tll percipere pofr . liveeaiferably in a barren foyle. So that we may now interrog ite Pined. wicked men, whether murcherers,Adnkerers,or theeves (as 'Paul &nthevery finner,Row. 6. 21.)what fruithave ye of:bore things, whereofye are (or ought to be) afbansed ? have ye any fruit of the vine? Purely no, Forface beholdnot the way of thevineyards. Tobehold is to enjoy the pleafantnefs,to tail the fweetnefs of the fruit ofthe vineyards. Winewhich is the fruit of the vineyard is pieJant and delightfull,it makes glad the heart ofman(Pfal.1 o4. x 5.) And vineyards are here named to fianifie all forts of out- ward good things, they being the chicle ofoutward good things ; For as fomcimes bread fignifieth all outward good things,becaufe that strengthens mans heart ; fo Wine,becaufe that cheareth and comforteth the heart ofman. So that when lob faith, HeGall not behold the wayofthe vineyards ; Ir is as if he had faid, He fball not tuft ofor enjoy any good thing. For Iiii2 Apzine,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=