Chap. 3 t. An Expofision upon the Book, of j o a. Veri, i8. 467 ifany thing bring them a low reward fromGod, our over rating them will. lab having thus t'Itewed the opennes of his heart and hand and houle for the free entertainment of the pout e and fa- therleffe, gives us an account of the rime how longor fit ce when he had Browne into this neerenes ofa gracious and difcreete fa- miliarity and freedome with them,in the next words. Verf. 18. For from myyouth he was brought up with the as with afather, and 1 have guided herfrom my rtsótrerr wombe. There is another reading of thefe words, which I dull fpeake a little to before I open our owne. 'Tis that of the vulgar latine, which tranflates Ns text thus. Forfrommyyouthconopafcn didgrowup with me, and I did ,Zara aá infant bring her up evenfrom noy mothers wombe. ,ra mea crevtt mecum rrifera. There words which we render, ae afather, confifting ofapar- t..o, et ab nlero title of likens, and fib fignifying a f itleer, force conjoyne into manis once de- one word fignifying forron orgriefeofmind, anfing eyther from (ymic! m. our owne troubles and fufferings, or from the fufferings and trou- y';detur iegVe hies ofothers,which we properly call ccmp.afcn. From my y lath, mc dolor. coonpáíjon (or trouble of mind for the troubles of others) did Dint'. grow up with me. Thewinde ofthis reading is to Phew the con- naturallneffe of robs praaife with his fpirit; As if he had fay d,I have nor been forced , or unwillingly drawne to this courfe of charity ; but have been moved to it by an inward principle and obo naturals as naturally, as it is natural! for a bound to hunt his prey, for a v,actur fu;ff bird to fly in the lyre, or for a lione to fall downe. ward to the miferecordia, a earth. I have an intrinfecall tendency to this great duty, andam gaafeadievan- led,not driven to it. Not that it was naturali ro him, in oppofiti- pas miferorum on to that which is by grace ; but it became connaturail to him I barurin met. by grace. lob knew that as he had his being fromGad, to much eu,, ficut adve. morehis gracious being. He did not make hiredeife in his mothers nandam wombe, much kffe did he make him`eife merciful) in his mothers e7c Sac& wombe. That was a ipeciall worke of God upon him framing ',uriglmbd e his heart to Inch workes from the wombe. He attributes nothing ;b4ir, quipto- to himfelfe but all to God ; for as he knew he was not made man feat ,,,¡talus, in the wombe by his owne power, fo he knew he was much le ffe nc i bicipfom made agoodman from the wombe by aohy power of his owne. coni ¡orb a- O o o . This' ere at epic.
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