Chap. 3 r. Ax .Expoftion upon the Backe of J ò a. Verf. 7. 365 men might five in them. So that thefe flatutes which were not good, were not ofthings to be done,but of things tobe fuffered, even all thofe Yore punifhments which the Lord as by a ftatute from heaven inffided upon that people inThe wildernés. Or the Lord may be fayd to have given them ftatutes, which were not good,when he gave them up to their own lulls, or to f 'flow the evill finites and inventions of other men, as a punifInment of their Idolatrous eyes. When `David prayed (Pfal. I I9. 37.) Turne away mine eyes frombeholdingvanitie; he fhewes how apt the eyes are to lead the heart to all thefe vanities. That profeftion which Solomon makes( 2. io.) is a very firange one ; Whatfoever mine eyes defined, I kept not from them,lwithheld not my-heart from any joy ; that is, I gave mine eyes full fcope togoe whether they would to gatherup delights ; I turned -them lode to the whole heard of the creature, and to pitch upon what game they pleafed to pleafe themfelves. The eye is a craving fence, and will aske enough if it may have for the asking.Sclomon was thus bountifull to the fuites ofhis eye, whatfoever that d.fired hekept not from it : and to thew howdole his heart followed his eye in this purfuite he adds, I withheld not my. heart fromany joy. He was as free to his heart as he was to his ey, letting that take in all the contentments which his fencecould sneete with or prefent untohim: Solomon: pra&ife feemes direly oppofite to this of lob ; He was carefull that his heart fhould not walke after his eyes, but Solomon let his heart walke whetherfoever his eyes carried it.He let both his eyes andhis heart goe without a keeper,he did not withhold his heart from any thing which delighted his eye. Salomon doth not in this fet us an example what we fhould doe but by his example tells us that thf,y who doe fo (hall finde no better then he confeffeth himfelfe had done, when his heart had hunted after his eyes through a! l creatures for creature contentments(v. re. ) Behold all was va,liti.e andvexationof /proft, and there wasno profit under the Sun. And therefore while he feemes togive the young man libertie to doe fo, he checks him in it (Eccl..I I.9.) Rejoyce O youngman in thyyouth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the d::yes ofthy youth, and walke in the wayesofthine heart, and in thefight of thine eyes, but know thou, that for all thefe things godwill bring tire: into 7atdgement ; As if he had fayd, let thine het fellowaf- ter
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