E! bi Chap.27. An Expofition upon the rook of J o 8. Verf. i the letter than to fpeak a Pacable,as to lift up the eyes is no more' than to fee; and as when á thought is raid toattend up into or up- on the heart, it is nomore than to think(jer. 7. 3 t .) yet wedoe not reach the Elegancy of the Original, when we fay barely he verb=ow continueth his Parable. Chrift Paid of Paul ( Aar. 9.,) H e is a 9n f nfu profs chofen vela to Beare my name, &c. That is, to hold it up, tohold vend! eftmot" it forth with honour and with power. Thus a wife than Both not ,au tatinis ferre barely utter a Parable,or Sentence, buthe lifteth it up. This forme _,4enrentugnt, of fpeaking is often used in the booke of Numbers ( Chap. 23_. 7. t8. Chap. 24. ;. i 5. ) Bataan) tookup his Parable, that is, he pronounced it with a high voyce, that all might heareand take notice of the purpofe of God, both againfl the Moabite', and for his people Ifrael. The prophet is commanded (Ifai. 58 . i.. ) to lift up his voice like aTrurnpet ; he mull not (peak in the throat (as we fay) not fwallö.v his words, he mull fpeak out; fo a Parable mull belifted up,becaufe'ris a choice Sentence,and there fore ought to be fpoken in a higher flileand f}raine, with flronger . voice and quicker fpirit than a plain ordinary dicourfe.. Thus Job continued to lift up his Parables. Hence Obferve ; Fit(l, He that in fincerity ofheart meant a truth, will` maintaine it to the cud._ Job's friends gave over, but lob had a moreover; they left off, . but he continued fpeáking. The path of the jufhis like. the ()Wor ming light (Pro. 4. 18.) We may take the path of the juff two wayes ; Fìtfl,in a&ing or doing that which is good,holy and righ-, teous; Secondly, in dif'puting for and maintaining that which is truth'; When the righteousman is in any of there pathes,his path is like the morning light ; and whatdoththe morning light ? the text faith,it Jhineth more andmore unto the perfeell day; it continues to thine, and it fhines brighter both in the defence of cruth,and pra&içeof Holinefs. The Apoftle gives a charge to Saints,to per- fewere andgrow up in holinefs (a Thef. 4. a! ), Fu rtbermor¡ee then me befoech yam brethren, and exhort youby tfie LordMet tÇat as you have received, taus bowye to walk,' and to ?leaf" god,fa ye would a/tiundmoreand mare. To continue in the pra&ice of ho- liners, and in the defence offruth to be Red1ttl and unrioveable, alwwes;bounding in the w.?rkes of thé Lord, isoboth the duty. .. and .ao ' . e
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