330 Chap. 3 t. An Expofition upon the Boake of J o Y. Verf.4. Hence note ; flgradates heart confiders himfelfe mach and a?mares under the eye ofgod. And as it fhewes a very holy frame ofheart to doe fo, fo it is an excellent meanes to keepe the heart in a fteddy frameof ho- lineffe. Thus'ris laid in that prophecy ofChrift ( 'Pfal. 16.8. ) Ihavefee the Lord alwayes before mee, becaufe he ie at toy right hand, I[hall not be moved. He that lets the Lord alwayes before him, fuppofeth the Lord alwayesPeeing him ; As by faith he (e- eth the Lord, wl?o is invifible, fo he coníidereth himfelfe as vifi- ble and naked to the Lord ; and becaufe the Lord is at his right hand, thereforehe rifeth up to this immoveable confidence, that he (fallnever be moved. Temptation fhail not prevailingly move him to fin againft God, nor (hall afiftions and tuff :ringspre- vailingly movehim todefers the waves and worke of God. Our hearts are fixed trufting in and obeyingGod, or in a holy croft upon and obedience untoGod, while the eye of our faith is fix- ed upon God,, as having his eye ofomnifcience fiaton us. As, this remembrance, that God teeth us is a powerful! meanes to keepe us from finking under aff(ic ion, fo from yeelding unto temptation. It is impof ible to live cyrher corafoetablyor holy- ly, unleffe we make God alwayes prefent with us. As in that full pretenceofGod, (poken of at the i i th verfe ofthis Pfalme, for whichwe waite,there is fullnes ofjoy with fulines of holynes, and at his right hand there are pleafures (withpurity) firever- more : fo, as we are more filledwith the pretence of God here, bothour joy andour holynes are thefuller, and as we get God more at our right hand, we likewifeget more bothplealure and purity while we are in this world. Lafily, Whereas 7,b made this fight ofGod a motive of his making a Covenant with his eyes. Note. .A gracious heart urweetly over-awed by the ferious thoughts of the pretence of Godwith him, and ofhis eye upon him. Thus 7ofepbargued the matter boll with his wanton miferiffe, and with his ovine foute, ( Gen. 39. 9.) How then can I doe this great wic(edntfe andfinagainfi -Clod s As if he had fayd, íhould
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