316 V-err. y2 An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Chap. 2. du(i upon their heads towardHeaven. In the 20 verfe of the for-. roer Chapter, Jot' (hayed his lead : Here is another Ceremony, 'They fprinkleddufi.upon their heads ; And which is yet -mare con- fiderable, They f rinkled daifi- toward Heaven : There were two ways of fprinkling duff. There was tìrft a taking the deft and fprinkling it upon the head barely ; And then there was another_ way of taking the duft,and throwingit up in the air, and Co letting it fall upon the head ì This ad was fignificative, it typed, that all things were full of forrowful confnfìon, the Earth, and the air were mingled, the Heavens alto were cloudy and darkned, there-. fore they cart duft toward Heaven.: For as by a ftormy wind and tempeft the duft is railed, which thickens the air,and obfcures the Heavens ; fo by that ad of calling or fprinkling duft in the air, ftormy, tempeltuous and,troublefòm times were fìgNìed.. In the Aits (Chap.22. 23.) thole wretched Jews, to whom Paul preach- ed, being vexed and enraged, cryed out, and calling off their clothes, threw duff into the air : Their action had this voice in it ; This nian hath, Or will, if let alone, fill all theworld with trouble, and difturb the peace of Nations. This they exprefs (together with their own rage) by throwing duff into the air. It was a judgment, which God threatened his people with, that he would make the rain of their Land duft, Deut. 28.24. And when men make it rain duft,by fprinkling it .towards Heaven,it (hewedgreat trouble or judgment upon themfelves,or upon their Land.Further, the fprinkling ofduft. the head, was a mementoofmortalIity> They put duft to duft,that man might remember himfeifto be but duff. And they fate with him upon the ground feven days, and fe, ven nights. Here is the third Ceremonial add oftheir forrow. Its the 20 verfe of the former Chapter it is fail, Job fell -upon the ground, thefe fate upon the ground; Asfalling,fo fittingupon the ground, is the polluteof a mourner, ofa mourner greatly hum- bl.ing himfelf under the hand of God, and the fenfe of his own or other mens afli&ions. When God lays us .low, he can lay us lower, and therefore it is beft for us to lay our { lves as low as we can ; fo doth he, who fits upon the ground, ifhis heart fit down with him too. It is pale for the body to lie groveling upon the Earth, when the fpirit is nettling among the liars : not in faith,as the Saints do,but in pride, as Lucifer did, Ifa.14.I3.How, ever, he either is or äppeaxs to bc.,humbled to the .lowef,_,and emptied
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