436 Chap. 29. An Expofition upen the Book of Jos. Verf. 3° But this Candle ofa mans underfianding fearchcth all the ferret good and ferret evil that is in the moll inwardparts of his belly, that is, of his mind ; foras in the belly natural conceptions are wrought and fhaped, fo in the mind moral conceptions of good or evil are wrought and (Shaped. And man a ich his fpi-it or un- derflanding as with a Candle may search himfelf quite through. The Candle ofthis Candle is the word of God, and the Candle of that Candle is the Spirit of God. Mans fpirit hach no spiritual light, but as the word and Spirit of the Lord gives light to ir. The spirit of a map would be but a very dimCandle, or a dark lanthorn, if it had not the light of the word ano Spirit of God to guide it by. Thus forne underftand jabs text, when his Candle (tined upon my head ; that is, when the Lord gave me deer di- rt6c ' n from his word by his Spirit., how to frame and tathion the whole course of my life in conformity CO his will. But Thirdly, confide,tog the context or the Chapter, I conceive We may expound the candie ofGad in another ufual Scripture fence for the favour and good will of Godsand fo for that which is the iffue of it, piofperiry and good fuccefr. Thus David fpake in his long o> .raife to God, by whom he had triumphed over all his enemies (2 Sam. 22.29.) Thouart my lampe, O Lord : andthe Lord will lighten mydarknefs. He fpe kes declaratively, what God was ro him, thole art my¿ampo,OLord, that is, from thee I have prefent favour ; and he fpeaks prophetically; what God wouldbe to him, The lord will lightenmy darknefs ; That is, if fears and doubts (which are inward darknefs) if troubles and raffiretions (which are outward darknefs) come.uponme, the Lord will Phew me what I ought to doe, or he will give me comfort while I fuf- fer. Thus again (`Pfal. is 32. 19.) There will 1 make tha hornof David tobud > I bave ordained a lampe for mine anointed ; That is I have ordained profperityand bleflings for him ; bleftîngs up- onhit perfon,and efvecrally the bleflingof poflerity. Children areas a Lampe or Candle in their fathers haute, making the name of their Anceflorsconfpicuous ; hence in Scripture a cbild given tofucceed his father is called a lampe. When God by A- bijah the Prophet told jeroboam, that God would take the king- dom out of the handof Salomonefon, and give it unto him, even ten Tribes ; heyet adds(t Kings t t . 36.) And unto his fon will Igivs.anetribe, that David myfervant ma, bavea lib (lampe o!. Lucernamdei appettat eiiys favnrem,q tat velv; tteerno ei en omnibus gui i i.rfcipiebst aut ;gehet í8f praturebat ut amni,7adverfa rerum de. (Oates fupe- raret.tYierc :
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