266 Chap.3o. An Expsfition upon the Rook of J o B. Verf.28, ,gates the labour of his hands with joy, and knows not what for- row (in that poynt) meaneth ; His effare is comfortable, and fo is his life ; Such a man bath pure comfort. Now (I fay )- as rdkere may be a condition foco;n for- able, that it hash no forrow with it; So there may be a condition fu forrowfull, that it bath no joy with it, fo darke that it bath no Sonne with. it, Many poore fooks goe mourning without the Sonne ,,and kr.o s not for a long time what comfort mrane.h.- Chria the Sun ofR gh- teoufneA can Thine upon us, and give us light inour grcateft out- warddarknef ; but oftentimes bedoth not , and then loch a foule cryes out , I goe mourning with-'-ut the Sonne ; I cannot fi-dChrill, I have no communion with, no communications of light or love fromChrifl, that's a f d condition indeed. And,ftch was theirs who are (poker) of (Ifa. 5o. to.) who though they feared the Lord, and obeyed the voyceofhis fervent, yet walked . in darkne r, ándlaw no light. k er abfq, foie Thirdly , 1 went mourning without the Stanno; may be tx- dicitur de co pounded thus, I was- fcorcked blacke, but it was not with the qui ores oft me- Sunne As ifhe had fayd (My blacknrfe, or my mourning rare non a fold ; hue 'was .not from the beauof the Sonne. That did not dífco-- vu(r Áiure q lour wee I was not offended at all by that, nor much by any near decok- y y y raverit, fed outward caufe ; my blackneffe was caufed by inwa d forrow. reoafper,epuua- Bodyly blacknefle is ufually from the Sonne, but many (in lobs cum inodore cafe) are blacke without the Sinne. As the Scripture fpeakes al- forcone. foboth in another cafe and in that They are drunken but not D.uf. withwine, (Ifa. z9, 9,) that is, then are drunke with fin, while they drinke iniquity like water, and take their full copes of it. Some are drunken with pride and felfe.confidence, others ate drunken with gricfe and trouble, as the fame Prophet bath it, ( Chap. 5 I. 21.) Mare now this thou 4'1 tted and drunken, but not, with wine ; With what then? with affliction. So we may ánfwer'from that 17th verfe, of that Chapter ; 4îwake awake, 'fiancé up O 7erufalem , which haft drunkeat the hand oftheLord the cup of his fury ; thou ha, drunken the dreigs of the cup of trembling, andwrung- them out. Now as ehefe were drunken and not with wine, fo 74 went in blackor mourning:, l -oc not with the 'Sonne; He was not San- burnt, but forrrw-burnt. As that godly/arrow, which workes repentance unto Jelvarirn net tobe re- pentedof, is followed with many bleffed effeds upon the foule which
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