An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

This latter part of the Verse is of the same importance with the former, yet I shall touch a little upon it. Wilt thou leave ⟨p. 373⟩thy labour to him? Labour is taken in Scripture two ways;

First, For the very act of labour. Jacob said (Gen. 31.42.) God hath seen mine affliction, and the labour of my hands. God knows (said he to Laban) what pains I have taken, what hard work I have been at in thy service; and how hard he had been at work, he told Laban (ver. 40.) Thus I was in the day, the drought consumed me; and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from me. To such hard work in spirituals the Apostle exhorts; Be steadfast; and unmoveable, ¹always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord (1 Cor. 15.58.) The word in the Text which we render labour, signifieth a labouring to weariness, or a labour which causeth weariness. Strong labour, diligent labour wearieth a strong man; and though an industrious person is not weary of his labour, yet he may be wearied with his labour; yea, the more industrious he is in labouring, the sooner he may be wearied with his labour.

First, For the very act of labour. Jacob said (Gen. 31.42.) God hath seen mine affliction, and the labour of my hands. God knows (said he to Laban) what pains I have taken, what hard work I have been at in thy service; and how hard he had been at work, he told Laban (ver. 40.) Thus I was in the day, the drought consumed me; and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from me. To such hard work in spirituals the Apostle exhorts; Be stedfast; and unmoveable, ¹