Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Book of J ci g. Vert, 24. 524 when we find an acquiefcence flowing fromour recumbenceup- on them. What is faith but a going out of fdfe and a rating up- on Chrill ? and what is affurance but the follies tea in Cfiri&4? The heartof a carnal! man fits downe and refts upon worldly things, as a godly man fits downe uponand refis in Chritt, Againe,\Vhile `fob profeffeth he had not fayd to the fine gold, Thouart my confidence, He is brought in perfonating the counter'' part ofacarnali covetous man, entertaining difcourfe or talking to his Gold. He no fooner enters his Clofet and openeth his Cheft,but he falls into a Colloquie with his gold. As a manmeet- ing a deare ancient acquaintance,prefently faloteshim,with O my friend lamglad to feeyoulSo faith he tohis gold,tohis fine gold ; pmyfriend, my love, myjoy, my hope, my confidence, Iamgladto Verb e ilia. i feeyou fate, youwillflatlet by me whenallfriends fayle,you will not ob izo dixi feeme avant,norf nffer me to be wrong'd, at long as you 1aff, andthat fiduci mea j with may be for ever. Tea heffeaket to his gild not only with a quoddam prat kindof blandement and adulation, at his choyceflfriend, but with a fefe,ant 7 kind of Adoration eft his chiefeff good. We commonly fay, Apenny gaandarn ve/ue in our !merle is fetter then a friendat Court. But tome are apt to adora;ionem thinke the Gold in their purfe better to them then the. God of aunt, `luama' Heaven. Doubtleffe that mandoth fo, who fayth ( which lob fetideus. didnot) to the finegold, Thou art my confidence. Hence obferve. Firft, t Ilan it apt togrow in confidence upon the account of worldly abeundance. Thus the Scripture every where deciphers the (pink of world- ly men ( Pfal. 49. 6.) They truft in their wealth, and boafl' them- felves in the multitudeof their riche!. Here we have the rich man truffing and boafting, furely that is very confident trufting,wbich iffues it Idle intoboating. That man is afcended to the higheft Rep of faith inGod,whomakes his boat of God;fuch faith have they in fine Gold., who boat in it. David having (hewed the wicked man,by the righteous ;udgement of God, rooted out of the landof the living; fhewesus in the neat verfe the righteous man at once fearing and laughing at this fight, as alíopoyntirg at him, laying, (Pfal. 52.7.) Loe thie is the man that made net God his flrength ; The words are a divine but cutting farcafine. The Original is Geber, which fgnifieth a Prong valiant man; Xxx4 As
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