Chap, 3 t. expofrtírn upon the 73ook of J o B. Vert. 18 471 Agracietat heart bath afatherly refpo1l to thefatherleffe. He not only doth for them as a friend, but as a father ; or he bath not only a refpetì to them hut a fatiiery refpeci.The heart and fpirit with which we doe a thing, is, more then the thing we doe ; Can you doe good as a father ? you may doe good as a man, but can g ou doe good as a father? To doe fo is moll plea. ling ro Godour father, who ashe doth good fo he doth good as a father. Thus we read (Pfal 68.5. ) e.4 father of the fa- tkerleje, and a 7.dc 7.d of the aaiddtct ie G d in hù holy habitation. And if God be s. fatttor to the fatherlefïc, doubtleffe he aswith the heart and in the fpirit ofa father toward them; and fo fhould we. Further as lob was like a father to the Fatherleffe, fo he was a Counfeller to the widdow, as he fhewes in the elote of this verle. And 1 have guidedherfrommy mothers wonobt. That is, the widdow; how did 70b guide her? with his cowl- fell and advice ; guides thew the right way ; that's the bufincfft of a guide lob was the widdows guide, not to thew her the way to this or that place, but to fhew her the wayof this or that bu- fienes, and to helpe her out of this or that diftref e. When Thee poore creature was intargied and in amaze, not knowingwhat to doe, or which way to fet a ftep forward in her affaires, then he diret±ed her. And ( faith he ) I have beenaguide to her frommy mothers wombe. This is a highor hyperbolical) fpeech, importing that he had beenboth early and confiantly the widdowes guide. As the fa- therleffe were brought up with him as with a Father, fo he had been the widdows guide fromhis mothers wombe. Lxx ei fuí nsn tarn j^tinerir porn reruns agendarem. Druf. I)ucebam, dvigebam eiu, negaria. hlel e, Hence note. Togive good sounfebt and irfirullion to the ignorant, is a voie of great mercy, even asgreat a works ofmercy as tegive bread to the hungry, or cloathing to the naked. We may doe a diftreffed widdow as good a turne by opening our mouthes toher,as by opening our purfes to her. Good coun- fel is agood Aimes and though the Apofile reproves those who give
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