Chap. 24. fn Expofeion upon the Boon of J O B. Veri 23. 647 Before I explicate 7,)br exception upon this great gift, Take two or three notes from the confideration of the Authorand na.= . turfof this gift, as alfe from his reft upon it. Fir(t, To be in fafety ita great outwardmercy. We find it promifed among many other fpeciall mercies to the Church inher be eftate (Ezek.34..27.) The tree of the field ,Ball yield herfruit, and the earth /hall yieldber encreafe, and they. /badbe fafe in their land. And filch was their old promife ( Lev: 26. 5.) Te J3,all easeyour breadto thefull,and dwell inyour land fafely. (Deut. 33.28.) Ifrael!ball dwell infafety alone.Th,oug(a Ifrael be alone he (hall dwell in fafety, or Ifrael alone (hail dwell in fafety. He (hall have fafety when others are in danger. Thou ( faith David, Pfal..1 8.) make/ me dwell infafety ; and faith the Lord concerning the poore man ( Pfal. 12.5. ) Iwill (et kilo in fafetyfrom him that pu 'eth at bim (Prov.21.3 r.) Safety is of the Lcrd. Yea Secondly, Thefafetyeven of awicked man is of the Lord. It isgiven to him (byway ofcommonprovidence) to be in /afety; as God takes care ofhis own fervants in mercy, fo he takes care of wicked man in-wi.fdome; he is the preferver bock ofman and beaff ; he is the preferver not onlyofgood men, but ofevill men, who are asbeafts. How bad foever any man is, his good,wbatfoever he bath, is from theLord. They may have fafe- ty, who (hall never have falvation. And they who are neere to eternal! damnation, may be farre from danger. Thirdly, Whereas it is faid, Thoughhe be infafety, wherein he ?Vieth. Note. Outwardprofrerity is thefoundation ofa wickedmass peace. ..God giveth him fafety, and he makes his fafety his God. Fie refter t in the fafety which Godgiveth him, rot in God who ggi- reth him fktety: Carnali man loofe God in the creature ; and whereas they fhould truft inGod, becaufe he fendeth theta good things, they croft upon the good things which God f ro.t th. whatfoever (hefides God) we place our trufr, that the put in the placeofGod. David was much overfhot in this povnt (Pfal.
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