Chap. 3 n. An Expofition upon the Book? of J o a. Verf. 27. in reference towealth at the 250 verfe ; If1 rejoiced becaufe my wealthmar great. And here, according to this reading hee dif- claimes it in reference to Idols. And hence I conceave, Secondly, One ofthe Greeke tranflations bath it, If m, heart symmarbus, barb been enlarged, or opened (that is, with joy, that's beart en. largement ) when Ifaro the Sun ¡hine, and the Moone walking in brigbtnrfje. TheHebrew word is rendered toEnlarge. ( Gen. g, 27.) God ¡hall Enlarge 7apbeth, andbee(hall dwell in the tents of Sham ;that is, God (hall convert the Gentiles to the true wor. fhip of his Name, they (hall bebrought into the tents of Shen;, that is, into the true Church, and for that end .bee will enlarge their hearts. They (hall not have a narrow heart as now they have, while they worfhip poore Creatures, (locks and ftones, Sunand Moose, but they (hall have a heart widned and truely greatned toworfhip the true the greatGod.Thus lob might fay, Ifmy heart bathbeen Enlarged at thefight of the Sun, &c. When a pleafingobjeft is prefented to the eye, the heart opens to re. ceave it, as when an unpleafing objeft is prefented , the heart locks or (huts it felfe againft it. Both thefe are good readings, mé m f ui!jFe- If my heart bath rejoiced, or ifmy heart bath opened and been en- cie imih ere, lagged when 1 beheld theSunne. dutitate fedu. But the moil common and moil cleare reading is, Ifmy boot gam, ftuhitia bath beenJeered, Enticed, or tempted with thefaire beautie of the infatuatum. Ab Sun andMoone ; ifI havebeen feduced with a vaine or eatiit Coe radice aut dulity, to put the Sunneor Moose in the place ofGod , and to paYuo10 , goaí give them reverence, this werea groffe iniquity. As children are goadibdir. enticed with a nut, or apple, with a bableor a toy, fo are fu- perftitious peéfons. What are Idols but toyes and babies, fitter by farce for children to play with, then for men to worfhip; nor are any children ( upon a true account) fo childifh and toyi(h as themoft aged and ferious Idolaters ; And indeed the more fe- rious any are at it, the more childifh they are at it. `lob prorefts againft all fuch levity, Ifmy heart bath been Enticed, if I have been taken with the goodly appearances, with the (hiring and glittering outfide of thefe excellent Creatures, Sun and Moose, then&c. Ifmyheart bath been Enticed in [term The heart of man, even ofevery man is a fccret, 'ti a peculiar Dddd to 569
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