Chap. 3 r . ;In Expo é-!ion upon the Book o f J o e . °der(.. 26 5 55 nies. And fo Mr. Broughton eranflates ; If 1 admired the Sunne ly(;i7;tz: e when it fnined ; that is,if I beheld the fhining Sunne with any ex fix,ri.a' cuffive admiration ; If I flood glutting myeyesupon it, as taken n trt are «;n with its beauty, or fatisft ing my felfe in it, this were ir:gaity. o e¡fac; n is a- Second iy , To behold the Sun and Moore, fo as to attribute E'riuict in moor. anyof that comfort which we receive by them to them, this is infqlìty. Thirdly, To behold the Surne or Moore, as ifthey had a di. vi e power, or were worthy of divine honour and wor(Lip, tho is The irifuitie which 70b chiefely difclaimeth,whrn he faith,If I 6,1udo! the Shane when it fhinetb, &c. Hence force tract -Lire the Si afnfc;ende whole verfe thus ; IfI by or in beholding the Senne when it fhined, lu. en, &c. pel. &c. my heart bath beenfecret l enticed, and my moxth bath kiffed le£tur ejt in oo- cu,'to anímrir my hand, this were an iniquity, &c, :neut. j ias If 1beheld theSunne when it fhined. The Hebrew wordhere rendred Sunne, properly taken fgni- sot hie Seth light, and fo force trar (late ; If Ibeheld the light when it vacatur.s. e. fhined. The fame word may well fignifie both light and the Sun tux; guts duce ' fua cun£fa ro'. becaufe the Sun is the greateft light, the Candle of the world. ikttret, et ea David ( Pfal. r 36. 7, 8. ) exhorts us to give him thankes that 1Nton};nia qua made great lights, theSun to rule the day, or (as our Mirgin Lath aJ¡un£fuen ¡cni. it ) for the ruling by day. And the Swine is fo great a light, that tu' p;o fus;%r`io though theMoore beone of the two Great lights, yet'eis corn- ffe `us f1s pratively called the Leifer light, (Gen.i. t 6.) GoI made rrsegreat grp,iara ^x lights thegreater light to rule the day. ana' eke leffer light to rule wfcc, qua Jo?e,n tit night. So that by way of Emphafis we may call the Sunne, appeahen,,efe The light. jpracrcbr;;. There is another realm in the text, why we fhruld trar{late Dru this generall word light the Sense, For feeing in the latter part of the verte, The Moore is named, therefore it is molt proper to reitraine the general world light, to the Sun in the former part ofit, IfI beheld the Sunne when it fhined. That is, the Surie in his full ftrength, luflre, and glory. The Surie (hiresalwayes, But it doch not alwages (line to us. The Surre (lines not to us at all in the night, for then the earth ob_ fcures it, It is below our Horizon;And. the Sunne though it (bine B b b b z al .'ayes
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