544 Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Took of JO B. Verf. 25 . 9nvenit obtinnit. rowed much in tooling them. The Apoff le puts thefe two toge- ther (i Cor.7. 30,) Rejoyce at ifyee rej ycednot, and weepae if yee wept not; As ifhe had fayd ; if when there thingsof the world are taken from you, you would not be oppreffed with forrow, but weep as if you wept not ; then, while you hold them rejoyce as if you rejoyced not. Sorrow will break their backs, yea their hearts, who fee that taken from them , with which themselves were over-much taken. We are alwayes afftieted with the paf- fion of furrow in parting withany thing, proportionably to our paffion of joy in holding it. If I rejoyced becaufe my wealthwas great, Andbecaufe my band had gotten much. This dole of.the verfe is very remarkable ; forre rejoyce not fo much inwealth becaufe they have it as becaufe they have got it, or becaufe 'cis of their owne fetching in; They more value a lef- fer eftate auain'd by their own Induftry,policy,ar.d contrivances, then a grcaterweícended to them by inheritance from their An- ceftors. What is ofour owne gaining,is naturally more pleafing to us thenw!at is of other mens giving. Wee often heare -rich men acknowledging, they had no great matter to bgin with, but this they glory in, their hand bath gotten vouch. Such will fay of that or'tother rich man, hufa,ber was borne before hirrL, that is, hebath his eftate by defcent, his hand bath gotten title. And therefore it argues a further ipirituallneffe in this holy man that as he rejoyced not inwealth conveyed to him by his fore- fathers,fo not in his owne greateft acquirements ofwealth,that's the fcope ofthefe words ; Ir I rejoiced becaufe my hand had gotten much. The hand is the great Inftrument ofaction ; yet wee need not underhand t, that lob got his eftate by hand labour bee was a Magiftrate, a man ofgreat power and place ; but that is fayd to be gotten by the hand,which is any way gotten byour diligence. All that we get may come under this title , gotten by the hand. Thus Solomon fpeakes ( &eh9. i o.) whatfoever thyhand fiind- eth to doe, doe it with all thy might. Head-worke or wit-worke, is hand-worke in Solomons fence as wet as any other worke. Mofee (Levit. 25. 47.) puts the werke ofthe band for all kindof arorke. The Hebrew of lobs mkt is, Becaufe my hand bath found much. So,
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