222 Chap. 3o. An Expofition upon the Zook cf J k. Verf. 24. thekind ; fecondly,the time of our death are appointed. Let this -~be_an argument to keepe off undue trouble of fpirit when we are fnmmon'd to the grave. This 1 Cfhould prevailewith us to make a quiet furrender of our deareft relations when God calls for them. Death medies not with thy friend without commifiion; There is no ftriving with thedecrees ofheaven ; if we doe, we fin and increafe ous forrow by ir. To be' without naturali affedion,is to be below a heathmi ; To be over-borne bynaturali affection, is tobe below a'Chriftian. The divine appointment teacheth us moderation. Thirdly, This Aft) flowes from the fame Generali truth; God takes notice, r hat becomes ofsts when we are dead, awell at when we arealive._ God bath appointed a houle for us when we dye ; And his providence watchethover us there ; he bath appointed us our honks herein this world, and he bath appointed us our-houfe When we gbe out of,the world : His care followeth us tothe grave. We doe not dye by hap, or at a venture, nor are we buried by hap, or at a venture ; our houfe is appointed, ,and that's matter of comfort ; God knowes where to fetch eve- ry mans bones where to have every mans duff he knows the bodes, the dwellingsof the dead diftindly, and though ma- ny thoufands be thruft and throng'd into onehoule , into one grave, yet God knoweth how to diftinguifh every mans dull, and will in the day of the refu;re&ion give himhis own agair,e. ?obs faith was railed to this pitch ofconfidence, ( Chap.' 9 26, , 27.) Though after .myskinwormes delroy thisbody, yet in my fl fh fnall I fee God whom Ifball feefor my felfe, andmine eyes/hall behold, and net another (or not aoranger) though my reines be confumed within me, er in my bofeme. There 761. fpake his affu- rance ofa perfonali refi'rredion, as hereof his perfonali death. I knowThou wilt bring meetodeath, and to the hoafeappointed for ail living. But hope then? or what thoughts-bad ?eb further of his condition, whenhoufed in the grave: He tells us that in the next verfe. Verf.24. Howbeit, he willnot f#retch out bis hand to thegrave, though tlseycry in his defttretajen. This irate bath many, textuall, difficulties arifng both from the
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