Chap. 29. An Expofition upon the Book ofJ O B. Verf. 3. 437 or car,dle(a~ w: put in the M'rgin)alwayes before me in ferufalem, the city which I have chofen me to put my name there. And again (I Kings i$. 4.) when 4bijans the fon of TeLhobaam proved wicked, the text - faith, Néverthclefs for Davids fake did the Lora bid Godgive him a lamp (ot candle) in 3erufalem, tohet up his fon after him. yob once had a candle alining upon his head, both in perfonal profperity, and in a hopeful pot crtty, but he lived to lee bothcxtinL, and therefore fpeakesas of what was pail. His candle Minedupon my head. The Sun Moon and Starts being above us, are as candles (hi_ flIe%rlutaribuo Ding upon our heads ; and fone conceive that here is an allufion confi vin em to a lampe or candle bung up in a room, which being aloft Chines unrehar upon the heads of chafe that lfand about it. In Scripture the head dubijs ageuduru notes thewhole man, that being his chief part, and the feat of effet. Pifc. all the fcnfes. So that this fpeech of 7'4, bù candle fhined upon my head, is of the fame fenfe (excepting the duration) with that of the Prophet (Ifa. 3 5. a 6.) 1be ranfomed ofthe Lord (hall return andcome toSion withfongo, and everlaflhng joy (hall be upon their beads s and with that (Pro, so. 6.) Bleufings art upon the head of the jufl. -firs bleffing is from above, though it be in things of the ea: th, and fo coming down upon the head, like the ointment up- on Aaron, head, runsdown to the skirts of his garment, that is, he isblefled allover, or quite through ; he is bleffed from the be- ginning to the ending. Thus when job reports concerning his former days, that then, the candle of God fhined upon his bud, his meaning is, that the favour of God was extended over all he had, over foul and body, over his wayes and counfels. Further a candle !lining upon the head, implieth the cleareff as alfo the rnoff ufeful and profitable light, for the more the light comes from above, the leis is the fhad.ow ; while the Sun is of cendingor defcending it cafis a fhadow,aud according to the de- grees of its afcent or declenfion,the Shadow is more or leffe,lon- gee or fhorter;when (hadows arevery long,we know it is towards evening, and that the Sun is fetting ; but when the Sun is in his Zenith, (as at high-noon) and fo Golfs his beams dire&ly upon our head,then it makes no lhadow at all. This confideration of 7obs,from nature, givesus fome advantage for the better and ful- ler undcrfiandingof hismind and fcope in,themjob hadnot a light, flining
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