Chap. 2q, "In Expolition upon.tbe Bookof J o &. Verf. 18. 559 Secondly,job defcribing his prefent bleffings, reckons this as a bleeding inexpec` ation, I (hall dye in mynet. Hence note ; To dye in peace is adeferable mercy. To dye in fpiritual peace, or in the affurance of eternal falva don is befi (as old Simeon faid,(Luk, 2.29. )Lord now lettef thou tby fervent depart in peace, according to.thy word ; for mine eyes have feen thy titivation , this,I fay, is befi) but to dye in temporal peace is very good.Such was the promife made to Jo flab 2 Kings 22. 20. ) Behold therefore Iwill gather thee onto tby fathers, and thou (halt begathered unto tbygrave in peace, and thine eyes (hall notfee all the evil, which I will bring upon thisplace. And though as the fasted hifiory relates (2 Icings z 3. 29.) Jofiab dyed in war, yet that promife was performed tohim ; for fir1f, it was a war of his own lacking, God did not fend a war upon him. Secondly, it was in a war abroad, not in his own Country , he havingwithout any provocation interpofed in a quarrel, that con- cerned him not. So thar,as he went to the grave with peace in his own confcience (notwithflanding that rafh attempt ) fo the Lord gave him no trouble in his own borders, which was his promife. David gave twovery dreadful (though jufi advices) up- on hisdeath bed to Solomonhis Sonand Succeffor : The one con- cerning joab (iKìngs z. S,) Let not his boar-bead go down to the grave in peace ; the other concerning Shimei, at the 9th verle of the fame Chapter, His boar-beadbring thou down to the grave with blood. Neither of thefe obtained the mercy which job ex- peeked and at lati attained to dye in their nee. Thirdly, Obferve ; Good men fometimes grow up to agreat bight of Confidence, about their earthlyfelicity, job laid, I (hall dye in my nefi;he premedhis worldly profpe- rity would continue long, even as long es he continued in this world.Ashe had no delire to live aiwayes in the comforts of this world, Co hedid beleive, that his 2worldly comforts would out- live him, and that he fhould dye in a wslrm net#, whenfoever he dyed. But was not this a finful confidence
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