45,2 Chap. 29. An Expofition upen the Book of J o Be Verf.. 5. fecret correfpondence or intelligence one with another. And in.. deed, then loth God communicate himfelf moil to us when we retire mofi from the world, from worldly delights, and from worldly cares,from our bufinefles and affairs, that we may be pri- vate with him. (Hof. 2.14.) Behold 1 will allure her and bring her into'the Ltlildsrnefs, and fpeaIe comfortably to ber, or I will fpeak to her heart.. When I have brought her out of the huddle of the world into the Wildernefs,(which tome underhand to be a trou- bfefome condition , others only a folitary condition) then I will (peak kindly to her. God b ings many gacious fouls into the Wildernets of a erorblefome condition, and he loves to allure all into the Wildernefs of a folitarycondition, that he may then and there [peak comfortably to them. They who live in a populous City, may live as in a Wildernefs, private and alone with God And whenGod bath got us thus alone, then he fpeaks to our hearts, and powreshis heart intoours. It is the promife of CbtiU ( John t 4. 2 3..) If aman love me\ be will keep my words, and my. Father will love him,and we will come unto bim,andmake our abode with him. Thus we have, as a defcriptionof the profperity of job in the increafe of outward thinnrhrough the fecret of God upon his Tabernacle, (as we render the text ). So likewife a defcripti- on of his piety and increafe in fpiritual things, through that f.Neet intimacy ,and fecret converfe whichhe had with God in his Ta- bernacle, or confiant courfe of his life, asothers render it. Both ways he was a godly man,though in the lahmoil;Tis a great bief- fing to have the fecret of God upon our Tabernacle, but 'cis a greater to keep clofe to God by fecret communion in our Taber- nacle.This latter differs but a littlemore f, om heavenly bappinefs then this, that we are ina Tabernacle. lob hill proceeds in the Hifiory of Gods ancient kindnehes to him : He cannot get his thoughts of} from the pleafanc remembrance of thole times. Verf. 5. when the Almighty was yet with me, when my chil- dren were about me. In the formerverfe, fob fpake of God by his Title or Name. Sloah, or, Thefirong god, in this by bis Name Saddai, the Al- mighty, or God allfuficient, The bountiful difiributer and giver out of all things. It was the Almighty who was with him in the time of bis profperity,and madehim profperousa. But.
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