6z& . Chap. 29.- f4n Expofition upanJhe Book of J p B. Verf; 24 God, as if that Spirit whole name is The Comforrer,did make the heart fad, or as if thole wayes which are pleafanrnwfs, did Make men melaocholly,, then which nothing is more contrary either to the Spirit or(wayes of God. The Gofpel cloth not only di"pence with,but difpenfeth a holy laughter; a regulated joy. As for that joy which doch either dispirit or arfit us for dury,tbe Gofpel knows not hing of it, but to reprove it. Further, Confider the words as fpoken by way of fuppofiticb, If I laughed on them, which intimates that it was a rare,raoc a Com- mon thing farjob to laugh, and to be familiar with people. Hence note ; Gravityought tobe the ofleal palsore of magillraep. If Rulers laugh, it mull be very fparingly. It beingonce faid to ajudge, Sir, Ton are not merry ; he anfwered well and wìfely,ted like himfelf , I am merry e.loregh for a judge. job (peaks of it, as amatter,fomewbat betides his cufiome,and below his flare to do fo, he condefcended whenhe laughed. Thirdly, Whereas he faith, Ifj:laughed on them, theybeleived it not. The interpretation before given of chofe wordes, they did ;not beleive it, may give us this further obfervation. Men of knownferioufnefs, will be fa accounted, even while they appear lefo then fericy%e. The laughter ofa wife man is more flayed then the gravity sof a fool; Men are not reckoned what they are by this or that acti. on,but their confiant temper and difpof Lion. As a common lyar is fufpe&ed to (peak falfely, even when he tells the truth fo a man of known compofednefs and febriery, is not fufpeCted of . wancorsnefs or levity, when he rakes his greatefi liberty. What we ufe to be, that we (hall be thought tobe, though we feed) to be ocherwife. 'Tisnot adl, but the habit which doth dcnomi Rate. Fourthly, Whereas Job reckons up this, and puts it into the Inventory, of the favours of God to him as a Governoùr, char, If he laughed, they (as barb been (hewed) beleived it not, and the light of hie counteraanee they raft not down. ()bferve;,
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