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601 Cha p. 25. An Expofition ¡Ion the Bookof JOB. Verf. 3. have us,much idle doth he himfelfe put his candle or light ;ender a infh ell, but bee fett it open a Candleflicke,and it giveth light to all the world, it refrefbeth and warmeth all the world, As the light of the fpeciall goodnes ofGod in Chrift arifeth upon all forts and conditions of men in the world, fo there is alight ofhis common prov-identiall goodnes which arifeth upon each man ofevery fort and condition in the world. En7.0 t27 ru Another reading filial, Opon whomdab not kie light abide ? pe, gkerri-non The light of God is not onely ari railing or fpringing light, but a flabir /amen r- conti nu ng arid an abiding Iight;It cloth not onely breake out up_ 3 is ter non fo:um on us, but dwell with us. The natuy all Sunne arifeth every day rgieeanteemm 2'7 upon us, but it doth not dwell with us, but is going from us as jed eiarn con- (bone as it appeares unto us ; and therefore it was miraculous fifientem "'ore) when the Sunne flood Rill or hafted,not to ,goe downe about a larnine ct. agen. whole day ( 7A. io. i 3. ) Bat themyflicall light of the good- i & facultne pra (5 nes ofGod s a light that dwellech alwayes over Our heads. and omaiboo bu- hafted) not ro goe downe. And indeed if God fbould withdraw manit itnniinF- this light, or let it goe downe, if he fhould ftop the influences of "ra ir'elliga" his kinducs from us, and ceafe todoe us good,we were ruin'd and asay. undone ; for on him all things feebfill, and arelipheld by the wordof hie power ; if his light didnot arifeupon the crearure,the creature would CI [Ike into darknefle. Nor could wee abide what wee are, if this light did not abideupon us. And as this is true in reference to our naturali fubfiftence, fo much more in reference to our fpi- ituall. This light arifing and abiding upon the Saints, maintaines and upholds them, both in their graces and in their comforts. Tildad having thus let forth the power and greatnes of God in his dominion, and feare in his hofts and armyes, as alto his kind. nes and beneficence in his light arifing and abiding up,,n man, proceeds in the latter part of the Chapter to thew the finfullnes and unworthines, the impurityand impotency of man compared withGod. Joe,

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