pap; 29, An Expofation upon th t Book ofJ0 B. Verf. 3. 441, compaffed about with fuch fuddain extremities, as may cover him for the time with very great darknefs, andyet by the light of divine favour he paffeth fafely thorow ir.Though Iwalk (larch David,Pial.23.4.)tborow the valley of the fhadowof death (that's a darkvalley indeed) Iwillfear no evil , for thou art with me, thy rod and thy ¡taffe they comfort me ; that ìs, in thy light Iwalk thorow darknefs. Poffìbly Job had met with fome inch fuddain exigents in the former paffages of his life, thorow which he wal- ked or made his efcape by the light of God. Fourthly, Darknefs mayimport any difficult cafe or doubt- ful condition, thorowwhich a mans own.realon cannot guide him, and he wants light to fee his way our. Now if in fuch cafes In rebus dubijs the Lord Chew us our way, we have caufe to fay, that in the lute ejusdi- light of God we walked thorow darknefs. And this, I conceive, relfus. lYlerc° is fahmeaning here, whenhe faith, In ha light I walked therm darknefs. As if he had thus expreffed himfelf ; Nat only did the candle of Gad, f ining upon my bead in former times, keep me out of afate ofmifery andof ltttion,butif at any time1 dal but flip into or was furpriz,ed with a fuddaindanger, if at any time 1were bard put to it, not well knowing how to reCalve or what to doe; prefently, even in fuck dangers, doubts andflreite, I bad light from god dy which 1walked thorow the darknefs of thole difpenfations, and all s f fuel wellfor mc. Hence Note; Fira, The light ofGod ie enoug b to lead, us thorow all doubts and difficulties. We cannot walk in the light by our own light, but in the light of God we may walk through any darknefs. Eafie things are hard toour own power, and plain things are obfcure to our own lighr;bur as nothing is hard to the power, fo nothing is ob- fcure to the light of God. The grace of God is fufftcî.ent for us in our weaknefs, and the light of God is fufficient for us in our dark- nefs. And as 'cis comfortable to remember that his light is fuffi- cient for us , foils much more comfortable to remember that he will not fail to give us light. As David prayed (Pfal. 43 3) Ofend out thy light and ;by truth, let them lead me. So the Lord made a promo a unto David (Pfal. 32. 8.) 1 will inffruEl thee, and teach thee in the way that thou (halt got ; I miltguide thee with Lli mine
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