441 11 Chap. 29. An Expofition upon, the Book of Ve f. 3. mine eye That is, I will look upon thee, and as mine eye turnes fo (halt thou, or not only Both mine eye fee thy way,but mine eye all (hew thee thy way, mine eye (hall be thy diredtory, or as a and pointing thee which way thou (hall goe, what courfe thou, ;halt take in every diflîcwlc, and exigence of affaires. TheLord makes fuch a promiCe in fpecial co him that keeps a true fall (Ifa. 58 .10, 1 .) then ¡hall thy light rife in obfcurity, and thydarknefs beas the noon day ; That is (though I grant the text may also be well expoundedof a turn from adverfity to prefperity) obicure things (hall be light or clear to thee, and thou ¡halt fce thorow thofe bu(ineffes as if it were noon day,which are as dark as dark- nefs it felf;even where the light was as darknefs, the darknefs(hall be as light,The next words favour this interpretationmuch,where this promiferuns in proper terms. And the Lord ¡hall guide thee continually, andfatisfie thy foul in drought, and makefat thy bones, 6-c.The Lord AEI guide his,not only for a day,bút all their dayes,.. continually. And he that is alwayes guided, is guided in all bis wayes, even in his darkeli wayes. The faith of Hannah was mi- red co this affurance (r Sam, 2.9.) Hewill beep the feet of ibis Saints (from going out of their way ) and the wicked fhall be f lent in darknefs ; Not filent as Saints are in theirdarknefs by pa- tience andquiet fubmiff-ron to thehand of God , not filent as Saints are in their darknefs, by abflaining from a II murmurings and cornplainings againfi God ; bur Clenc under a convietion of the righteous judgment of God, or filent in an utter defperaticn of freeing themfelves from his judgements. They (hall neither have a word to fay for themfelves, nor (hall they know what to dot for themfelves. They (hall be comforclefo, and they (hall be counsel -lefs ; they (hail neither beable to give themfelves coun fel, nor to ask it of God ; they ¡hall bepent in darkne,(fe ; this is a wretched filence. And that's is which the Lord threarned in ve- ry doleful languageby the Prophet (7er. 13. 16.) Give glory to the Lord yew. God, before ht caufe darknefs, and beforeyour feet flamble upon the dark mountaines, and while ye look for light, be, turn it into thefhadowof death, and make it ¡refs darknefs. The Lord who forms the light , Both alto create or caule darknefs, and he can add darknefs to darknefs ; The darknefs of igno- rance to the darknefs of trouble, Andhe can add one degree of darknefs to another, one degree of the darknefs of trouble to, another,
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