12ó. A Commentary wren theGo(pel Chap.;. Rev. s, job.iz. Baabotc. Os ban;eroj.j, Deofimita. V.r;. 1 o/etbrcr. thatWe may edifie (òme. Certainty the gifts offuck fhall not perifla in the ufe, or be the worfe for wearing, but thebetter and brighter ; as the torch by tapping : they (hall grow in their hands, as the. loaves in our Saviours, as the widows oyl, as that great moun- tain of falt inSpain, de quo quantum demae, tantum accrejcit, which themoreyou cake from it, the more it increafeth : Or laft- ly as the fountains or wells,which,bymuchdrawing,are madebet- ter and tweeter, as St Baf l obferveth, and common experience coafirmeth. And it giveth light to all that are in the houfe.j He that allow- eth his lervant a great candle, or two or three leffer lights, looks for more worke. God Pets up his Minifters, as candles on the can- dlettick of his Church,towalte themfelves (wax and week) for the lighting of men into life eteruall. Let them therefore fee to it, that they worke hard, while the light la{teth, left their candleRick, be removed, left the night furprize them on the rudder), whennone can worke : left they pay dear for thofe precious graces ofhis . Spirit,inhis faith(ull Minifters,fpent,or rather fpilt upon them : left Godcaufe theflan to go down at noon, and darken the earth in the clear day ,Amos 8.9. Verfe i:6. Let .your lightfo j ine before men. We ufe tohang thepit ureof a dear friend in a conspicuous place, that is may ap- pear we rejoyce in it,as anornament to us : fo fhould we the image of Chrift and his graces. And aspearls (though formed and found in thewater,) are like the heavensn' clearnelle : fo fhould all, but efpecially Miniflers : Their faces fhould íhine, as Mefea whenhe came from the mount : their feet fhouldbe beautiful', Rem, o, a 5. their mouths (as heaven in the Revelation) should never open but force great matter should follow 1 their lives should be (as one fpeakethof Iofephs life) cabins grsoddam lucid;mia vir- tuturn exornatum, a very heaven fparkling w;th varietyof venues, as with fo many bright {tames. The High-Prieft of the Law came forth to the people, in habit, more like a God then a man : And Alexander the great took hiira for no leffe, but fell at his feet,meeting himupon his way toferuf lern,. There are that hold, that by his linens, he was taught purity ; by his girdle, dif- cretion ; by his embroidered coat, heavenly converfation ; by his golden bells,found dodtrine ; byhis pomegranates; fruicfullneflc in good works ; by his fhoulder-peeces, patience in bearing other mens infirmities; by his breft plate, contir..uill care of the _, Churc .ptileaùx.
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