Chip. As Expofr;ion upon the Book of J O a. Verf. 25. 247 infleadof weeping with thole that weept, die their heft to ren- der their condition worfe, to: impoverifh he very poore, and fo inftead of drying up and wiping off the teares of thole that weep,they make them weep moreor afre(h How derérvcdly are they abhorr'd both ofGodAnd good men, who add: affli&ion to the afi&ed, and put Gall and Wormewood into their cup, whole (c,ules are in bitfernes. Secondly, Thecircumftance of time is confiderable, when 76was thus filled with pity and comp.;f?ion; was it not in the bight and fl :urifh of his worldly ? was it no when he was at cafe inhis houfe,and had enough ? was it not when ! was not in hard dayes? when trouble and poverty were farce from him ? even then he wept for him that was in trouble, aìid his foule was grieved for the poore. Hence obferve ; ell go dly rrïnri layerh the troubles etawants ofothers to beset, when loe himfelfe isfreefl and furtheflfrom trouble. lob being in fuck profperity, as he defcribes in the 29th Chap- ter had no caufe to week for any of his owne concernment. The Candle of the Lord did (hint upon his head , and the rocks powred him out rivers of oyle yet then he was powringout trates for the poore. Thus Nehemiah a godly man was the Kings Cup - bearer, and had ( though a captive) not only liberty but the favour ofthe Prince ; yet when he heard of the affli&i- ons of his brethren that were in 7sru¡alero , he could not then rejoyce in his perfonal enjoyments, but wept and looked fo.fad- ly, that coming to doe his office; the King Cooke notice of it and asked,Art thoufickc ? The affliction of his brethren was his fick- neffe, and dl the trouble that lay vipon him, was the report of their trouble. When worldly men areat eafe, they little thinke ad care as little who is in paine; when they are warme, they thinke ro bod 'e is a cold, and when they are ful! fed, they fcarce believe thar any are hungry. When David wanting bread lent meffengers roNvbal, who made a leali at that time likea King, he would not take notice of his !traits, nor fend him fo much as a loafe of bread. O how many are there, who if they can but get into an earthly P,sradife , never trouble themfelves with thofe that are in a wildernes of trouble tick and poore, and wanting per-
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