648 Chap. 24. An expofition upen the 13ooll,of j O B. Verf. 2 J( Pfat. 30. 6. )- In my profperity I paidIfhall never be moved ; God made David profper, and David retied in his profperity. When `Davidwas right, he laid in hisadverfity (and every god - ly man may fay in his deepeft adverfity) 1 fhall never be moved. God is as ftrong to us in our greaten weaknes as when he makes Our mountaine nrongeti ; and they who think themfelvesmore immoveable when their mountain is ftrong, then when it is weak; reft in their mountaine not in God. Now if`David (aman after Gods ownheart) fat orrefted his heart fo muchupon his moon. taine (that is, his worldly prolperity) becaufe it as ftrong,hoU much more may carnal men grow into an admiration of theit earthlymountaines, and reft under their fhadow and thelter,as if they could never be moved ? Worldly men do this fo much that this is made the defcription ofworldly men (Pfd. 49, 6.) They that truf in their wealth, andLoft themfelves in the multitude of theirriches. Who there are is not expreff:d, as ifever. one muff needs know what fort ofnun they are who trut in their altb ; that is, who fee all well with them and who fay ah that! be well with them, becaufe ofthe multitude of their riches. For that is properly to trut in riches. when a man taich to tümfelfe ( as the richman laid, Luke tae r9) Soul,take th.ne eafe, thou haft mach goods laidupfor many yeares, Este and drínke, and be merry. lob had another (ptnit in the midii ofhis profperity (Ch. 3 .26,) 1was not in fafety,neither had 1 rely& . he fpake there of his Con' ditionbefore he was in trouble, when he had Tome thnufandt of (beep, Come hundrees ofoxen, with a multitude ofCamels and Affes, when he had many tons and daughters, with fervants in great number;When it was thus with him, when no Clenid had in the lestt darkned his day, nor fo much as a graine ofgall ea wormwood embittered his cup, when he was thus fate, yet he laid I was not in fafety, When the Devil laid he was fo fafe that he could not touch him, Thou haft made a hedge about him, yet he Paid, I was not in fefety, neither had I roll, that is, he looked uponhis hedge as upon that which might quickly brow ken through,& upon his mountain, as that which might not only be quickly moved, but quite removed,he taw all he had ihakeing and tottering, and fo couldnot have any ref' in any thing which he had, he hadaft in oppofi; ion tomurmuring and difcontent abort the things of this world, but he wasr-etlefe inoppof tion to
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