166 iìitap.31. .dn Expofi.tton upon the Book of J o B. erf.7.b. in that Apochryphall booke ofWi/dome ( Chap. 14. v. 14,1g, 16 17, 18, 19, 2o ) when afather mourned griev :Ty für hú Son that was taken away %uddenly he mage an imagefor him that was once dead, whom now he worfhi,tpeeb as agod , and ordained to ha fervantsceremonies and /acrrfroes, &c. One of the Ancients gives an example, which may make a good Commentary upon ri¡iítía renie- that text ofWifdo xe. There was ( faith he) one Sre.phanes an dtum quitrent Egyptianby birth, and in f tbftance very rich, who begat a Son, jemirianum Pc- whom he p ffionately loved and doated on intending to make zest do.oris ir. him heyre of his vaft eftate : But death quickly fnarrht him away venit nejient and left his Father overwhelm'd with forrow, becaufe haw fo quadran fir mc , g d. duct rnr;eria. great an ínheritance,he had none to inherit it ; and the only cafe tom ob?,vior he could givehis troubled mind, was to enjoy him in a fhadow, Fe'erar en"n whom he had loft as to the fubltance; and therefore he fees up ir7e undo hullos re;rsrrelhonem the (tactic or image of his Son in his houfe, and fo reeking a ce- indiet acquire- medy ofhis grief,he found a feminary yea a refurretlion of it ;his ter, nao ín quo forrow being renewed every day by that fight. Now ( faith my iutut Jo!atia,n Author) all the family obferving how their Lord was aff ted inveniret. with this tatueof his Son be an co make garlands for it, andput Fulg. liÌ,, T. g g P' My. Thol. ornaments upon it,to pleafe and flatter the humour oftheir Ma- fter.yea fometimes a fervant having committed a fault would run to this image as to a Sanc`tu ,ry to avoyd the fury of his Mailer, and there to aske his pardon. Thus the worfhip of images crept into the world long after the worfhip of the Sun , and therefore lob having quit himfelfc from thar,might wel thinke he had iufh ciently acquitted 4simfelfe from all the refi. Fifthly, Whereas yob faith, If f beheldthe Sun &c. Obferve. We may quicklyover afi our fences upon the Creature. 'Tis dangerous to look much, and long upon that which may enfnare us Solomon gives warning ( Pro, 23. 31.) Look not up- on the wine when it is red, when it gives its Colour in the Cap. As if he had fay d,Winke anddrinke. Not char iris unlawfull to look upon the wine in the Cup,but there is a fnare,a danger in it ; we may be catcht with thebeauty ofit ; and if we are fo , it will bite like a Serpent. Looking curioufly envites to drinking inordi- nately. Therefore as Solomon faith, Looke not on the wine ; fo vb durf not looke upon the Sun ; be beheld not the Sun when it ¡hind,
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