5'12 Chap. 3.j. An Expoftioae upon the Book of Jo B. Verf. 26 Wine nnn tram t Sun, or like the1Floore walk"ing in brightntfe, yet tsetse Iwas fe utt qua'. fro. farre fromglorying in it, that I to(ke litlenoticeof it, I didnot be corn tni hold it, Ididfcarfe looke upon it or I didnot looke upon it asworth men çnmrrteni p' +o pbrafi ;Jujus li- the looking upon, varopared with >irits:all eaAegencies and my Into- brí pro jnGci Yef?' in "Cod. tate fumeur., Some ofthe learned are much for this expofiti n, judging it f caL. imp'robabie that 7.4 thould here'intend anyvindication of him Idle from the imputationof Idolatry, becaufe his f iends never tsbjeded it againft him. They charged himwith r my oiherr crimes, but we doe not read that ever they t ayfed the lean du,tt. ofa fulpirion about this. Upon rhefe grounds they are confirmed in the prefent ey;poution, that while 714 denieth that he ever, beheld the Sun when itfhined,and the Moone walking in brîghtnefa', his meaning-is only this, that he never gloryed in any earthly ri ches or preheminence, which in Scripture are often let forth by . light, and may here by the light ofthe Sunne and brightnefe of Punauam metr theMoone. 7, b indeed had a very glorietteand illuf ti;;tee iftate in divitijr, fuccef. the world,'bedid thine in the (ji,beare of an outward prr.(jteritie like ftbus, potent/a the Sun in itstrength, or Ike the Moose walking in brightnrfe. aut mape(fate Yet he was not afffcted with thofe things nor was his heart COnffnr (Am' ; nor his minde iinde lifted u vainely by them. So that as he ne7, gfo'aarur p a antem ear- protefted (Chap. 9,, 21, ) IfIwere perfef ( as tomora lls and fpi- ri nrlail dfj':. - rituälls) Iwould not know my foule ; So he faith here ( as to ci-. 1105 qua' ter' vills and temporal Is) though I did Thine as the Sunne, and were . it uties; bright as the Moore in the eves of the world, yet I did not fee :tsar dies; cacaos g r = ' snim fob i;t my felfe in that Glory. And,furely he that can fay fo in truth of luccumbit ua'n heart, bath an excellent freme of heart. This interpretation is ;fi,b cure. carryed quite through the Context by the fameAuthors. If my ßted7T6 heart bath been fecretly enticed ; that is, with the beautieof the world; Some though they make averbal profeflìon, and agreat blulier of words againft rejoycing in outward [hinge, and fay they regard neyther gold nor flyer, neyther the Sun-thineof the one, nor the Moone- thineof the other; yet their hearts goe rf- ter them in ferret. But ( obcould fay ) my heart loath not been fecretly enticed; nor ( it followes in the fame ver`e) loath my handkiffed nay moteth;That is,rny mouth bath not kiffed myhand, as congratulatingmy ovine diligence and endeavours for bring- ingme in fuch aboundance, and amafiing fuchheapes of riches. Vexrra ,nibs Some ( hath been .anciently,noted ) have .fayd of their right ,ci atr etc. hand,
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