Chap. 31. An Expoftion upon the nook of J o B. Verf. 26; 551 confidence; why he did not rejoyce in his great wealth, or be- Ati non vide- caufe his band had gotten much : in a word, why he was not ta- MI" lateen qai [0,:ebatdeftcien- kenor enfnared with the beButie and !Mire, with the worth and tern, 1utarn an- weight. of any earthlyithing To which fence they tranflate the term dectefen- 26.h verfe thus ; Doe we not fee the Sun svhich/hined failing, and tern. St. are the Moone decreFafrg ? As if jcb had fayd; why faould I rtjoyce in gold and flvsr ? fire they notfadeing and uncertaine ? 4re they not fubjeti to decayes and changes ? `Iloth not the asarfi darling light of wcrldlyglory decline intodarbnefs andobfcuritie ?Though I mw behold theSun fhiniou , yet many times'ris under4 cloud, andforne- times eclipfed. And ifIbehold the Moone walking in brighttatife, or'atfull, yet front afterfoe is in her wane, and wafts as if fhe were not. This is a pious fence, but I conceive it too great a departure from the Original and therefore 1 only mention it and paffe from it. Secondly , Some of the Rabbins conne& there words with dt m &r the two former verfes , which concerne his wealth and worldly verff0los 2utr2 fubftance, thus If Ibeholding the Sunne when it ?pined or the 'ate di,?us de i C2í70 eï üalbug ¢.Moon¢ walking in nrigF£ne,Qe, have aferàbed my prefftritie or or>ne£'-i: fuccejJa to the benignitie of their influences rather tk.en to the bier feofa ft fing ofGod ; or, thus ; IfI have looked up to the planets and con- a,,r !002,0 te- iellations ofheaven, to the Sun, ktoone,or Starres, and have than. f rxi iG'is open iced them that I have thrived in the world, then &c. As there are 're's tribre,ts fome who cow Paine they were borne under an unlucky p lanet YeZ d &c. when they arecrofs'c in their worldly expectations ; fo there are others who in flead of thanking the God of heaven, thank the heavens as their God for their riches and encreafe ; they bleffe themfelves that they were borne under filch or filch a favourable planer, lucky ftarre, or enriching conftellation;thefe, they ;ridge, have made them fucceffefull. But, faith fob, as I did not rejoyce in my wealth, nor fay my owne hand bath gotten it, fo I did not afcribe my gettingof wealth to the Sonne, or Moone, or flarres, no nor to any fecond caufes, eythor fublunary or coelefliall , teae wholy and alone toGod, whole blef ing upon my diligence bath made me rich in all earthly bleffings.. There is a third interpretationwhich makes this verle , or ail() Videro 10tH=,a the two which follow, a further bighting of what 70b had pro, fpiendsns ara feffed before againft his rejoycingin the geaenefsofhiswealth ; bee toco c;- As ifhe had laid ; When my worldly preffreritiewas like the laming 'í0rí Putt: it a'e7 sio4 et ea profta.ts.
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